I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

The earliest childhood memories are woven by shadows. And some of these shadows are woven from fire.

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics.

By creating an artificial environment, we're not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared.

Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.

If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had - their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.

Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.