I am not doing it just for the money or for you.I am doing it for me.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

Prayer without faith is as futile as a body without breathe.

Relationships are at the heart of your wellbeing and happiness. Nurture them and they will nurture you.

You cannot truly enjoy a flower until you can see her inner beauty and feel her purpose of life.

Don't think, Ember...just burn.

Whenever there remains any support for the ego within, even if it be only an atom's weight, then you are pretentious and have a devil who leads you astray.

Kill me. If you’ve ever been my friend, kill me.

I'm not prepared to make any multi-decade commitments.

Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.

I'm becoming far more interested in just functionality and making sure my body is as strong as it can be so I can swing my kids around and not worry about aches and pains.

Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.