Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcolm John Michael Creaux Rebennack. I'm proud of them names.

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

We are most alive when we're in love.

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.

I lacked the courage to investigate the weaknesses of the wicked, because I discovered they are the same as the weaknesses of the saintly.

Upon the one thing every writer absolutely must have, and that is intellectual curiosity.

The Saviour is the Source of life.

Ever notice that people who believe in creationism look really unevolved? Eyes real close together, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day." Yeah, looks like he rushed it.

Far too many people have been swept into the post-9/11 system of fear that is the basis of all public policy these days.

Blood, always precious, is priceless when it streams from Immanuel's side.

I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.

I’m very shy, I feel very awkward.

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

The church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.