You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

If you intend to change, decide what you want and live your life accordingly.

I had a dream that I was in someone else’s shoes for once…they were the wrong size.

If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as 'new.'

Motherhood to me is something that I always wanted, but never quite knew how it was going to happen.

An untested faith is an unreliable faith.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

He had the same empty confusion in his eyes that I saw in my mirror every morning, that odd sort of denial that only seems to come when the world decides to jump the rails without warning you first.

If you're too big to serve. You're too small to lead.

Wanting and needing are two different things.