Every town in America had at least one, two, or maybe three radio stations that played rock 24 hours a day. In England, we had a rock specialist on for two hours a week.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

Humor is an amazing way to talk people down off a ledge.

If you're driving, don't forget your car.

Music and soccer. They would be my two major passions.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

The Vatican takes your breath away.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.

Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.

I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.

We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do.

I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.

It is by surmounting difficulties, not by sinking under them that we discover our fortitude.

It's hard to say what I meant by "as we know it." I'm not about to go up on a mountain on new year's eve and wait for the lightening to strike.

I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.

I think reading the novels definitely was a good source for me to study from.

Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

I've been into golf, trying to get into the gym to stay somewhat fit. I've got two boys now, they're active kids.

Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever since. He always knew when I was lying, because my posture was all wrong.