I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really.

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.

Life's too awesome to waste your time thinking about someone who doesn't treat you right.

Do what you have to do when you have to do it, so that you can do what you want to do when you want to do it.

Sometimes the truth stares us in the face, but we just choose not to look.

I listen to tapes a lot. I have a car that only (has a cassette player). I like the nostalgic factor.

My bladder cancer was related to smoking, and I think smoking kills people.

Law school has been described as a place for the accumulation of learning. First-year students bring some in; third-year students take none away. Hence it accumulates.

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

I'm pretty adaptable and can adjust to any environment.

We are all victims of war, and we all count.

Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.