As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be like, "No, I don't have to."

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.

From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive.

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.

Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.

How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit

That stranger handed me a letter written in my beloved's tears. I opened it, and the letters faded away just like his love for me.

The only thing I know is that a person who is not busy with others is one who recognizes the truth of existence.

People judge their capabilities partly by comparing their performances with those of others

Every one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.

Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.

You scratch a preacher a little bit, and you'll get an actor.

I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.

Is it possible to specialize in more than one element?" She laughed and shook her head. "No. Too much power. No one could handle all that magic, not without losing her mind." Oh. Great.

You have to write badly in order to write well.

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.