Music keeps you young. Having music in your life keeps you open to things.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

The substance of grief is not imaginary. It's as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both those things it can kill.

The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.

Spend sunny afternoons writing. Take weekends in the country. Dream. Drink good wine, eat fabulous cheese and great bread. Make the kind of love that destroys the bed.

Disrespect for life is a direct reflection of violating the laws of the kingdom of love

Finally learning his baseball history, on the topic of Hank Aaron and his home run record

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.

It is a very important consideration that we are consecrated and dedicated to God; it means that we may think, speak, meditate, or do anything only with a view to his glory.

Start [writing] as close to the end as possible.

Disordered love always leads to misery and breakdown. The only way to 'reorder' our loves is to love God supremely.