I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

I'm a rock star because I couldn't be a soccer star.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris - they are things of beauty.

I've still got a brilliant head of hair, which refuses to lay down.

Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided.

May you grow to be proud, dignified, and true, and do unto others as you'd have done to you.

My love for you is immeasurable, my respect for you immense. You're ageless, timeless, lace and fineness, you're beauty and elegance.

Optimism is my best defense.

I'll bring the red wine, you bring the ludes.

Let the haters’ hate push you to go further instead of tear you down, your accomplishments will be your best revenge.

Love is the greatest self.

Any woman has the power to be truly happy, with or without a man.

My whole thing is not just to play music for people, but to make them part of the evening.

Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.

NOMINATE, v. To designate for the heaviest political assessment. To put forward a suitable person to incur the mudgobbling and deadcatting of the opposition.

If God had wanted to become an object of love, he would first of all have had to forgo judging and justice : a judge, and even a gracious judge, is no object of love.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.