I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

Reality is hard. It is no walk in the park, this thing called life.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future

I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll

From the moment we walk out the door until we come back home our sensibilities are so assaulted by the world that we have to soak up as much love as we can get, simply to arm ourselves.

I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

No matter how much you hate or how much you suffer, you can't bring the dead back to life

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something.

My belief is in the chaos of the world and that you have to find your peace within the chaos and that you still have to find some sort of mission.

We have become so engrossed in the work of the Lord that we have forgotten the Lord of the work.

I’ve been a barbarian my whole life. I’m just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know?

I don't want to be Oprah [Winfrey], I'm not trying to be Barbara Walters, but we can all do better.

Life without music is no life at all.

There’s an opportunity cost to everything.

And he realized... that fragile, mortal life wasn't just important to him. It was more important than his own.

It's more important that you be passionate about what you do all day than it is to be passionate about the product that is being sold.