Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

A full heart has room for everything and empty heart has room for nothing. Who understands?

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

Loggers losing their jobs because of Spotted Owl legislation is, in my eyes, no different than people being out of work after the furnaces of Dachau shut down.

I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives.

The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth.

I think it would be great if America got along with Russia because we could fight ISIS together.

Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.

Music is what feelings sound like out loud.

The best way to deceive a knave is to tell him the truth.