Fear of the Lord is not the beginning of wisdom. It is the beginning of insanity.

I smell him in intervals, in varieties, in ways I don’t quite understand.

I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it.

I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.

Words mean little unless you realize the truth of it yourself. And when you do, you'll be free at last.

Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.

A man may acquire a taste for wine or brandy, and so lose his love for water, but should we not pity him.

The gains made by better management and technology are still being outpaced by the environmental impacts of population and economic growth. We are on an unsustainable course.

God is the one that's ultimately in control of everything. You can't try to change things when they're not meant to be changed.

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.