I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back

Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close?

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.

'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.

I need the spiritual revival that comes from spending quiet time alone with Jesus in prayer and in thoughtful meditation on His Word.

Without challenges, there would be no opportunity to evolve.

I understand that if you're a kid in Indonesia, you need to smoke because you just got off work at the Nike factory.

For a long time, I've distinguished between entertainer and performer and entertainer and artist. To me, an entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself.

Success is the process of not accepting failure.

girls forbidden to dance would only attract husbands with bad complexions and sunken chests.

Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.

I put contact lenses in my dog's eyes. They had little pictures of cats on them. Then I took one out and he ran around in circles.