Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.

How sleep the brave who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest!

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

Whenever anything nice happens in the world I always expect something appalling to happen immediately afterwards.

Music was my whole life, not a career. It definitely was never easy... Still isn't.

I am inclined to think that nothing could matter more than what people love. At any rate, I can think of no value that I would place higher. I would not want to live in a world without love.

I am a strong believer that intellectual property rights need to be protected.

I've noticed your hostility towards him... I ought to have guessed you were friends.

When the bombers are women - and children, which I predict we'll see more of - the terrorists get more bang for their buck, because there's more media attention.

My fans truly are a part of me, we share something that most people will never experience.

It's easier for me to say what God is not, and then what God is.

The gods need heroes. They always have.