I learn from thinking about the future, what hasn't been done yet. That's kind of my constant obsession.

Time plays a role in almost every decision. And some decisions define your attitude about time.

The only reason we wore sunglasses onstage was because we couldn't stand the sight of the audience.

The avant-garde makes more sense to me.

If you're all loaded up on love, you haven't got anywhere else to go.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football.

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance.

I want to get lean and mean, keep it minimalist.

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.

In cities like New York and Austin, there's much more of a social context for music than in other places.

Whatever happened to you yesterday no longer matters. Be present. Today is going to be a great day.

Stop over-thinking, put more energy on what you really want to do.

When I am old and addled I will make coronets like Cad, that have nothing to do with history, but represent the whimsy and cobwebs in my brain.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time: pills or stairs.

I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.

It's easier to get over a lost body than a lost soul.

I know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.

No path back home is better than any other path.

And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.