Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.

I realize that a writer's business is setting fire to Piggy Sneed-and trying to save him-again and again

She had a body that even I coveted in a strictly Platonic sense.

I always embrace the worst-case scenario.

We may not be the creme de la creme, but we are the creme de la scum.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

I have a lot of hang-ups in life with men. I'm not very trusting.

Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be.

Only by providing leading-edge human capital and knowledge capital can American continue to maintain a high standard of living, including providing national security for its citizens.

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?