Drugs, alcohol and ego. They are a bad mix.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

I am not in competition with my peers; I am in competition with myself.

Peter Baltes was the best bassist I ever played with.

Honest, I listen to classical mostly. It keeps my mind fresh to write rock songs.

For specific prayers, there are specific answers.

Tightened his bootlaceSharpened his bladeThe Hunter walked along and prayedFor tonight's prey--Song Of the Hunter

It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor.

Dead drunk is the term I think of, insensible, neither cool nor warm, without a head or a foot. To be drunk is to be intimate with a fool.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.

I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than any other book.

The ache of empty arms was an old tale to you.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

I don't really like knees.