I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.

Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

Being free is a state of mind.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.

Of course, I think that people are just waiting for that time when I make a mistake and they're gonna jump on it.... There's gonna be haters.

My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.

Sometimes you need to be awkward to beat awkwardness

When you say I committed adultery, are you stating before the marriage of 1996 or prior to?

There’s a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.

If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.

Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.

You work with stand-up comedians or you work with somebody in theater, you work with somebody from Star Search or Survivor or a kid, it constantly changes how you play with people.