I am a writer, period!

With peaks of joy and valleys of heartache, life is a roller coaster ride, the rise and fall of which defines our journey. It is both scary and exciting at the same time.

I listen to my iPod as I walk on. If I'm winning I'll listen to the same song, that's like a good luck thing - usually The Black Eyed Peas' Let's Get It Started.

... what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be told truthfully.

The reality is I'm kind of like an ocean. Everything is calm, calm, calm. I'm good. When the ball goes up in the air, the waves start rocking.

Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?

Failure is awesome. Failure means you tried something, you tested it, and you learned some things. Failure gives you the tools to move forward.

Music is a part of my life all the time - on the plane, before matches, driving out to the court.

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life.

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with.

The damages of our present agriculture all come from the determination to use the life of the soil as if it were an extractable resource like coal.