Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of meAnd it starts from the heart 'til it reaches my outer me

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.

In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.

Sometimes it takes a lowly, title-less man to humble the world. Kings, rulers, CEOs, judges, doctors, pastors, they are already expected to be greater and wiser.

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Failure is becoming someone who needs others to fail.

It's entirely possible to base an entire book on a long-forgotten letter.

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

People don't need to know what Albert Belle is thinking. I've learned from my mistakes in the past, and that's what's made me a better person.

I like listening to the whole song. Like my father says, "If you can't pick the whole song, then why are you playing it?"

Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.

Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible.

Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree.

The industry is a menace to artists.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.