Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.

Climbing is unadulterated hard labor. The only real pleasure is the satisfaction of going where no man has been before and where few can follow.

Use fear to become braver, pain to become stronger, trials to become wiser, and misfortune to become better.

I bet all I had on a thing called love

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

So I will go as far as I can into rock and roll carrying my Christian banner.

We're carrying the fire.

I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.

With Corpse Bride, I saw a lot more of it during the process because we were changing things a lot. When I came onto Corpse Bride, it wasn't a musical.

I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.

I like things that are civilized.

A good musician should say: We can live without air but not without music!