I'd rather have a strong career, playing and selling records to a loyal audience, then having one record that exploded. That would be devastating.

An old bandit adage: A bell is a cup until it is struck.

It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.

As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. "Nancy Drew," she whispered, "be with me now.

You can't really come into a concept record objectively, because you immediately associate it with Yes, stuff from the 1970s that punk rock kicked against, the pretentiousness.

When you get respect from the people who are buying your music and coming to your shows, there's an expectation that you have to live up to your own standards.

And I am a writer, writer of fictions I am the heart that you call home And I've written pages upon pages Trying to rid you from my bones.

One thing about hanging out with a baby is that you can remember a little bit better what it was like to be a kid, and all the mystery that came along with it.

Music has been already devalued by the consumer. There's an expectation that it should be free so the race to the bottom has already been won.

There's some things there that you just have to draw the line. Some people are just not going to like it. We would hope that everybody would like it.

I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself can be so horrendous. It's an industry that relies on appealing to a mainstream culture in order to survive.

The difference between the non-Christian and the Christian is that the non-Christian makes sin a practice

Rockface sheer and imposing, emerges from the sea, reminding us nature makes no allowances.

Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.

The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.

It sounds a bit sad, but my new hobby is knitting. I love it. I find it really relaxing.

I'm never proper or careful, but I never curse in front of my mother, either.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.

I wrote an article on a new Porsche for 'Automobile Magazine.' I knew the editor, and she asked me to write this article. So I'm more proud of that than anything.

Most of us go through the world never seeing anything. Then you meet somebody like Herb and Dorothy, who have eyes that see. Something goes from the eye to the soul without going through the brain.

All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.