Readiness is the best way of truly taking care of soldiers.

A soldier is the most-trusted profession in America. Americans have trust in you because you trust each other. No matter how difficult times are, those of us who love the Army must stick with it.

People value honesty. They value integrity. They value competence and courage and all those kinds of things.

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.

We don't have time for such uncertainty because it reliably breeds indecision, and indecision is one of the mothers of failure.

You don't know how you got there or how it's going to end, but how you deal when you´re in it is what makes you a man

There has got to be a point that exists somewhere, when a rational person just has to shake his head and say: 'You know what? Maybe all the crack-pots are right!'

It's not like I'm not writing great music anymore, it's just that I want to take it another level.

The world is like a broken wrist that healed the wrong way, and will never be the same again.

My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.

I'd like to move back to New Orleans.

The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.

My grandmother used to babysit us when I was younger, and would always play old-school music. It gets to me. Grandma had some good taste.