Now that I exist in the mainstream majority, I'm not really so controversial any more, am I? Not really news.

As far as what I do love, I love birds; I love lavender.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

There's a gullible side to the American people. They can be easily misled. Religion is the best device used to mislead them.

I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow - and they will win.

This book, 'Stupid White Men,' has sold now over four million copies worldwide. Probably about half of that may be in the U.S. and Canada, and the rest, overseas.

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when GM was consistently posting giant profits, they were simultaneously firing tens of thousands of workers in my hometown of Flint and across Michigan.

To be happy--one must find one's bliss

I choose to live in peace today. I choose to get lost in my inner beauty today.

It really disturbs me that the environmental movement has been co-opted by creation-worshippers instead of being encouraged by the Creator-worshippers.

Women want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position.

I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.

When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event.

A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

The Internet had been a BIG help with my career. My advice to musicians, Internet is the key. It gets your music heard all across the world.