You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It's the rhythm in our soul.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I believe that music is God's voice.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

Life's nycer when it's Naughtie!

Like the zodiac sign?' Percy asked. 'I'm a Leo.''No, stupid, ' Leo said, 'I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.

My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

...because really, sometimes the irony gods just get drunk.

I can't do anything I want to. I mean, I can't have my own TV show. I can't have my own movie. But within my little world, nobody tells me what to put on the albums.

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

When you really love someone, you must accept their part of mystery. And that’s why you love them.

Men make their own history; but they make it under given conditions, and they become entangled thereby in a fate which is in part the result of other men having made their own history earlier.

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.