Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep breath and meet the moment.

Teach your children well...and feed them on your dreams...Don't ever ask them why. If they told you you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it.

The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys.

There is a great correlation between music and images.

Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.

People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.

If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms.

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?

Why aren’t you smiling?” Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.“Because this is the beginning, not the end.

Some people are so empty on the inside that if you take their material possessions away from them, they wouldn't have anything else to live for. Please try not to be like this kind of people.

Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.

...having nothing to struggle against they have nothing to struggle for.

Texas is dicktown. No basement in the alamo. I didnt capitalize that on purpose.

I'm an entrepreneur and I love business. That's what I've always done. I went to school for that. My father took me out and said, 'You're gonna be here like everybody else.'

As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.

Never give up! All you have to do is try again.

For 24 years of my adult life, by choice I weighed well over 200 lbs. I say by choice because you see I have never accidentally eaten anything.