My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.

The greatest gift in life is the ability to think great thoughts and have the strength to take action so that those thoughts become reality in this wonderful and abundant world.

Funny songs, that’s my ticket. I can’t remember when it started or why it started, it’s just something that I NEEDED.

I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can take me to the highest heights, it's almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow.

The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.

I make a mean peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

I'm fairly certain that YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.

The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.

I recommend that everyone in their youth be as out of shape as possible so that when you turn 40, people can go, "Wow, you look much better now."

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is thread, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.

The darkness is no place to be in times like this.

Learning to embrace and savor rejection is one of the best things that entrepreneurs can do. Launching a startup is the time to find your ever-optimistic inner child again.

The pessimist is half-licked before he starts.

Anyone having to do with medicine will have looked at Frank Netter's art work... I decided I would make him my model... getting my degree in medical illustration and then going on to medical school.

It is best for ordinary men to have only one wife !

If you are flattering a woman, it pays to be a little more subtle. You don't have to bother with men, they believe any compliment automatically.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.

I have a big heart and a small brain.