The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

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.

Education is fundamentally religious. Consequently, there is no question about whether a morality will be imposed in that education, but rather which morality will be imposed.

Being tough today might cause you to be weak in the future.

Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it . . . Why is it so easy to accept manmade miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?

You know, for 300 years it's been kind of the same. There are restaurants in New Orleans that the menu hasn't changed in 125 years, so how is one going to change or evolve the food?

So much one man can do that does both act and know.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

One of the things that I heard for years and years, never drive Russia and China together. And Obama has done that.

God is the word that speaks itself.

When the mind is free of fear, guilt, anger and is more centered, then it holds the power to heal any ailment.

It is a little known fact that much like birds, who can always find north, knitters can always find yarn.