When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

The sun still lives his silent vows to the moon, by bowing to kiss her feet whenever she walks in the room.

I knew not to give the best of myself to the worst of people.

I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room with a bunch of people working on a movie.

I've had my fills of cocaine and pills.

Children coming forth today have a greater capacity to deal with, the greater variety of information that is coming forth, than you did.

I always saw being in a band a full time job.

Nasty temper he's got, that Sirius Black.

You know that you’ve found something amazing, and you want to hold on to it forever; and every second after you have it, you fear the moment you might lose it.

The ideas of things intellectually known pass into the substance of the intellect much more than do foods into the substance of the body.

We all harbour a great sadness in our soul