I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

Let’s focus on where you could end up, not where you were or are.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

I am what I have ever read

If we abandon marriage, we abandon the family.

I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.

You ever wonder when God's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?

Rest in peace to Heath Ledger but I'm no joker

Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment

There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.

Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.

Any time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he’s ready, no matter how young he is, and you can’t start too young to learn how to be careful.

Those who have no mental vigilance, Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate, With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug, Their learning will not settle in their memories.