He never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play his guitar like he was ringing a bell.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

The great problem a mother has is not a lack of creativity, accomplishment, or skill, but her inability to love God and others as Jesus loves her.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Absence Is To Love, What The Wind Is To Fire, When It's a Small Fire The Wind Kills It But When It's a Real Fire It Intensifies It

I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.

What doesn’t kill me can only make me stronger

You've got to live life to the fullest. You just enjoy every beautiful thing there is to enjoy.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

I tend to play covers when I'm gearing up for creating new song. Singing other people's songs is a way that I get inspired.

I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas.