I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

Being a musician is a noble profession.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.

No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.

I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on.

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

I think anybody goes through a crisis of confidence from time to time. You have to kind of doubt yourself, sometimes. It's the way forward.

Be open about your thoughts, ideas, and desires and you will be right with your decisions.

If he is a God of sound judgment, that sound mind must be revealed in people who identify themselves with him on daily basis

To have and hold. Not forever, maybe-not forever, for sure-and not figuratively. But literally. And now. Now, he was hers.

The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii)

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

My childhood memories reside somewhere in my subconscious part of my brain. Somehow I feel that my subconscious part creates far more interesting things than my conscious part can ever dream of.

Please tell me you did not bring me out here so you could tell me a very boring story about your sister.

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation .

In my weightlifting I am trying to show that if you pray and meditate, you can bring to the fore your inner strength. Now, if somebody is really inwardly strong, he is always at peace.