The most rewarding thing of my success has been the ability to use my music for many different causes that have become important to me.

I'm a family guy. A lot of my songs are inspired by my kids. Simple relationships. Watching them grow up, watching them share experiences with me and vice versa.

We all have our fears, our insecurities. I'm not different from anyone else.

Usually it is a painful process (writing), "Superman" came in 45 minutes; "100 Years" in four months.

If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else.

As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive.

I've learned that love takes priority.

I was able to truly immerse myself in the record-making process. I'm excited about music.

In so many of my songs, I'm trying to touch on various aspects of love.

Once you have kids and you're married, it's all about them. My life changed. You can see in my records.

As a songwriter, I think that comes with the territory. The older you get, you like to say it doesn't matter, but you care what people think about what you do.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! YOU'VE READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS! NOW, SHUDDER AS YOU OBSERVE, BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, THAT MOST RAREAND RAGIC OF NATURE'S MIS

Treats and tricks.Witch broomsticks.Jack-o-lanternsLick their lips.Crows and cats.Vampire bats.Capes and fangsAnd pointed hats.Werewolves howl.Phantoms prowl.Halloween’s Upon us now.

Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)

I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.

I have seen my Lord with the eye of my heart, and I said: 'Who are You?' He said: 'You.'

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.

Can we ever break free of the devices and desires of our own hearts? Might not our conscience be telling us what we most want to hear?