I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.

And if you stop and think about it you won't believe it's true: That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you.

As you go along, you realize you have ambitions but when you get there, you want something else, so you're moving very quickly.

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

Did you ever look in the mirror And see a stranger standing there? Did you ever drive for miles and miles And wonder how on earth you got yourself there?

The ego tells you to fill space. Your spirit tells you to let space fill you.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness.

And yet you see the weakness of external evidence-and outward miracles; they were not sufficient to make true believers, or to make the Israelites believe that Jesus was their promised Messiah.

I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

I thought I had fallen in love with a woman a couple of times. Then I fell in love with a man, and realised that none of those things had been love.

You don't start at the top if you want to find the story. You start in the middle, because it's the people in the middle who do the actual work in the world.

When you can see the beauty of a tree, then you will know what love is.

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.