How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

Again its time to pray for peace.

If you want to succeed in life...you must pick 3 bones to carry with you at all times: a wish bone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

It's funny how many people will come to Vegas to see your show where they might not come out to see you unless you come to their hometown.

Life's supposed to be about making the path a little gentler for those traveling behind you.

Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking

It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?

On Creating — What we crave, what we want to see in others eyes, is that servile expression, an unconcealed infatuation with our gestures.

Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!

People are complicated; you put two of them together and it's generally a mess, but hopefully a beautiful mess.

Upgrade your addictions to the status of preferences. Here's the distinction between an addiction and a preference.

We could tell Americans everything is okay and nothing is going to happen. The fact is, there is a very real threat.

She makes my old pick-up truck feel like a limousine.

The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.