You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.

I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

Leave them wanting more and you know theyll call you back.

Across th street is a hell of a tester.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

Don't ever live vicariously. This is your life. Live.

We don’t have to tell secrets. We don’t have to talk at all. We could just, you know, kiss . . . and stuff.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

I'll live in another world, then.

Be your own kind of beautiful.

A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

Regaining favor with your worst enemy is a satisfactory but short lived relief.

The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.

I think Apple's revenge is just the fact that Windows, you know, PCs all became Macintoshes in a way.