I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

I want to go to Africa and find a really great hotel with good food right above a water hole where I can sit, have breakfast, and just watch the elephants play in the water.

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

Any book has behind it all the other books that have been written.

My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.

Q: Does this train stop at Brighton? A: I hope so or there's going to be a hell of a splash.

The greatest justice in life is that your vision and looks tend to go simultaneously.

I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.

I don't see how he lost five games during the season.