I am made of words. When you cut me, I bleed sentences. When you read me, I speak to your soul.

A beautiful woman is like a painting and remains beautiful no matter how old she is.

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul.

All good art is political. Between the lines of every book, the author implants messages for the unsuspecting reader. If not, what point does it serve?

One passion leads to another. It's passion that makes the wheels of life turn, passion for work, passion for pleasure, passion for passion.

If you add the shadow of death to a moment of passion you are in that instant free of all normal ties, your mind grows still and your body enters a state of non-being.

If you are open to change and welcome surprise, you know the secret of creativity and the secret of life.

You don't become a success by breaking the rules. You don't become a success by obeying the rules. You become a success by inventing the rules.

There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something.

Depression comes from not accepting the way things are - and seeing no way too change them.

It is in the nest of disappointment where depression lays its eggs.

Relax, Recharge and Reflect. Sometimes it’s OK to do nothing.

Of course married life is merely a habit, a bad habit. But then one regrets the loss even of one's worse habits.

The experience taught him [Salvador Allende] too late that a system cannot be changed from the government but from the power.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.

There is real danger of a disconnect between what's on your business card and who you are deep inside, and it's not a disconnect that the world is ready to be patient with.

One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.

Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think.

Life is the only real teacher. It offers many experiences....But the lessons of experience are hidden.

Do the work you are most proud of

We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.