When did I decide to go into business? Well, it wasn't a business, when I decided. It was simply a need to sing.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

I want to go to Africa and find a really great hotel with good food right above a water hole where I can sit, have breakfast, and just watch the elephants play in the water.

The only good thing about that decision, Gatt, is that I'll get tea before you.

You've got to try and not let it keep you down. Sure, let it hurt but don't let it harm you.

It is often easier to fight for one’s principles than it is to live up to them.

We worship God through our questions.

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.

I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.

I'm one of those people who always tries to overachieve. I want to do more. I want to do bigger things.

It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.

The schools schedule is a series of units of time; the clock is king.