I have a thing: I will always put money in for any street musician anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world. It's like giving back the money I got.

Only rainbows after rain...The sun will always come again.

When your dad makes a living as a children's singer, you figure, 'I can do anything.' He made up his own job and did it.

As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.

To be a good musician, you need to give people what they want, what they need.

I'm a humble guy, but I'm audacious.

Indeed a lie is often more plausible than the truth. "Almost" always. The truth, of course, is never very plausible.

The mind is a maze that only you can conquer

Real accomplishments do virtually nothing to serve me and they do everything to serve others. Anything less is nothing more than a meaningless task dressed in the deceptive finery of accomplishments.

At the departure gate, a drunken airport security woman was handing out box cutters to the passengers.

My greatest success story has been my family.

The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized.

In the dark morning silence, I placed a gun to her head. She wore red dresses, but now she lay dead.

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.