Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones.

Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces.

You're a Good Little Slave

Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.

We die a little every day and by degrees we’re reborn into different men, older men in the same clothes, with the same scars.

Few things worth having can be got easily.

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

Some truths should perhaps be left unsaid. Some doors unopened. An angel once told me to let go of the ills I held too close, to let go of the flaws that shaped me.

Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.

It's an irony of our times that men seeking peace must make war.

Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if behind them they didn't have a little bit of plain ordinary everyday kindness, and a little looking out for the other fellow, too.

Solitude – the space between thinking” from Cinderella In Focus.

Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.

Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.

As the CIA and KGB, like God and Satan, fight Miltonic battles across five continents.

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

I would say the main themes are love, loss and life. Although a lot of the songs represent hard times and situations I think my album is positive, the message is things will get better.

Throughout the world, the family is increasingly under attack. If families fail, many of our political, economic, and social systems will also fail.