I cannot judge what motivates people. We are all moved by one of four things or a combination of these four things: money, romance, recognition or survival.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs

Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.

Failure comes when we don't get back up and try again.

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.

Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

A photo frame with many pictures is the best present ever for a long trip. I can almost feel all those moments..

Sorrow teaches more lessons than laughter.

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

Design is about crafting an experience that is unfamiliar enough to feel novel, yet familiar enough to instill confidence.

As my friend George Oppen once said to me about getting old: what a strange thing to happen to a little boy.

Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.

My light shines when things get really tough.

Facts - all facts - explain and confirm each other. They are only partially true until you link them together.

A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.

Peace will be victorious.