Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

No one is you, and that is your power.

If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

Pay attention, and use your imagination.

The present is precious gift.The past cannot be replayed.The future is no guarantee.Live in the present.

Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

While there are many problems, if one focuses on the bigger picture there are numerous reasons to be thankful for living in a time of remarkable progress and wonderful possibilities for the future.

I love singing just for my own benefit.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.

The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.

I think bootlegging is kinda cool.