I can’t see, unless the weather changes, the conditions changing dramatically.

One good thing about rain in Scotland. Most of it ends up as scotch.

It is not a matter of life and death. It is not that important. But it is a reflection of life, and so the game is an enigma wrapped in a mystery impaled on a conundrum.

The game lends itself to fantasies about our abilities.

Those trees seem to grow every year.

He used to be fairly indecisive, but now he's not so certain.

It would be very easy to drool with sentimentality over the Ryder Cup. But, at the end of the day, it is simply two teams trying to knock seven bells out of each other, in the nicest possible way.

Make peace with your past so you don't mess up the present!

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings, they're your best link to your past. And the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Take time to relax, renew and be revived.

had almost forgotten the wet brush of your kisses… soft as April snowflakes

The only reason I'm writing this down is to show how human reason, even very sharp and exact human reason, can get crazily confused and thrown off the track.

Honestly, what keeps me grounded is my faith and my value system.

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.

What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain.

Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.