I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.

... most of my prayers are expressions of sheer gratitude for the fullness of my contentment.

He said he preferred to feel the earth sing through his feet, and that shoes stopped you from hearing the song of the earth.

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.

You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.

We are not the reason the gospel works; the gospel is the reason the gospel works.

I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

Sometimes we have to leave home in order to find out what we left there, and why it matters so much.