Guitar solos, to me, should be a really articulate way to make fun of guitar solos.

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

I think more people need to make out.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎The mind of God is greater than all the minds of men, so let all men leave the gospel just as God has delivered it unto us.

We salute the Brain, that made the Plane and the Train…But who made the Brain?

See the openness of the ocean. Now feel that your mind is more open and welcoming than that.

Ruth was a novelist, and novelists, Oliver asserted, should have cats and books.

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madam--even if I have to overturn the world.

I want to take time to understand life. I want to travel. I want to be a better person, a better Mom. I want to do something good with my life.

For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace - but we will never surrender.