I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

Make your dreams bigger than your nightmares.

[P]olitics is always a Kampfplatz.

Why don't you pass the gun around and give everyone a shot.

It is only in retrospect that the high points of our lives rise up, flaunting banners.

Keep scribbling! Something will happen.

Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.

A pronoun, too, will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: "they" does not refer to one person, no matter how many personalities she or he has, or how eager you are to skirt the gender frays.

We are love. But in an everyday setting we have to make choices. We have limits. We can love everyone and we can't love everyone.

Your integrity is more precious than your life.

I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul.