Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

Humor is an amazing way to talk people down off a ledge.

If you're driving, don't forget your car.

Music and soccer. They would be my two major passions.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

The Vatican takes your breath away.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.

Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.

I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.

We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do.

Screw it. Girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Thankfully, I'm lucky enough to be able to eat ice cream. I've got to have my cookies and cream! But I work out a lot, so I burn a lot of calories.

Your choices make you whoever you turn out to be.

... trash talk ... Washington floats on a river of aspersion.

I like to think I've been a good example and an inspiration to some people. And some people say that about me, but I'm just going about my work and doing what I do best. I'm a very professional 'Me.'

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly.

A great city is a great solitude.

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke.

I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go.

I can get more out of God by believing Him for one minute than by shouting at Him all night.