I have always heard that uber-successful people who write books about how to become uber-successful all have one thing in common: They all meditate every day. I consider yoga my meditation.

I come from a food family, so you would think that I would be great at making baked beans or something, but I'm not.

I try to spend a lot of time thinking of what it is I want to say, and how I want to say it. Mainly because I know what it's like as a fan to hear music that is just exactly what I needed.

The first time I toured the U.K. was in the early '90s with Billy Pilgrim, so I know how much the people there love music.

Music doesn't need to be perfect, but you'll know when it's right.

My biggest lesson ... was to try and create narrators that were believable. ...so the listener becomes really invested in the story or the song.

One of the things that defines a country song for me is that it's honest. It's not putting on a tuxedo to go eat at the Burger King. It's about a song being emotionally true to itself.

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.

After three straight years of writing, though, I definitely needed a break to just go live my life.

Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.

We know so little about the future that to worry about it would be the height of foolishness.

According to a new survey, people who get divorced die early. People who stay married live longer. The difference is they just wish they were dead.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

It is well known that you can only manage what you measure, and as this is the job of professional accountants, it means they have huge influence on companies' governance.

I enjoy my anger, it’s the only hobby I have.

To an artist a metaphor is as real as a dollar.