You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.

The ignorant person is completely unaware of one's mistakes.The wise person acknowledges and learns from one's mistakes.The enlightened person realizes that there are no mistakes.

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

If one is estranged from oneself, then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.

If I'm president, we will win on everything we do.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

It is the inalienable right of every man, woman, and child to wear khaki.

We ought to feel in our hearts that God is our Father, and that while we make mistakes and are weak yet if we live as nearly perfect as we can all will be well with us.

I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.

I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.