I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.

I think I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.

Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.

I just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.

Then his beautiful lips touched hers. A fluttering of wings, a cry of angels, a single beat of two hearts.

What do you think about America?""Everyone always smiles so big! Well—most people. Maybe not so much you. I think it looks stupid.

It is our alarming misfortune that so primitive a science has armed itself with the most modern and terrible weapons

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.

We experience a body experiencing an outer world. But really, the experience of the outer world, as well as the experience of the body, are not happening in two different places.

Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.

I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.

The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.

This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world.” “Michael Jackson lived here?” “No, dummy,” Carter said. “Elvis Presley.