You must learn to deal with your own beliefs directly or you will be forced to deal with them indirectly.

Mainstream media: 80% stuff someone told them. 10% stupidity. 10% arrogance.

The child plays at being an adult long before he is one, and so you can play with more desirable beliefs while you are still growing into that more beneficial picture.

No one can change your beliefs for you, nor can they be forced upon you from without.

I missed the good old days when phones were sturdy enough to be pounded for emphasis.

Lukewarmness I account a sin, as great in love as in religion.

The early years were more about learning than about acting. I had to carry on my father's work, which was a big challenge.

If you're really truthful with yourself, it's a wonderful guidance.

See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire, see the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired.

Every GOP administration since 1952 has let the Military-Industrial Complex loot the Treasury and plunge the nation into debt on the excuse of a wartime economic emergency.

My God is rock'n'roll. It's an obscure power that can change your life. The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.

That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.

I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something about me.

When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.