Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.

If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.

If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.

There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.

The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.

Speaking doesn´t make you a Leader, but if you have Leadership skills, people want to hear you speak.

Recipe of SUCCESS needs tons of morale, flavor of attitude and hours of patience to cook.

The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that…

We are not the only ones affected by our recovery. The spiritual awakening heals the world one person at a time.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

If we don't forgive, we stay emotionally handcuffed to the person who hurt us.

Pay attention to the work you want to do and everything'll work out fine. If you're in it for the ego, you might be successful but at a limited level.

I'd rather miss one or two games than to come back and pop it and miss four or five.

Relationships never end, because they're of the mind; only bodies can separate. When you're missing someone, know it just means that on a soul level they've come to visit.

Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation.