I never felt happy with the idea that part of what I do is to be an object to be looked at. I thought of my public persona as an entity separate to myself.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.

Do not wait, there will never be a right time, start from where you stand.

There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little pegs.

Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to shut it again on something solid.

The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.

Speaking in a common tongue, speaking through guitars and drums.

I think 90% of women that I come into contact with are fans of [my hair].

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.

I can understand people wanting to look their best, and taking basic steps to do it, but I kind of admire people who are comfortable enough in their own skin to be who they are.

Microsoft is no longer thought of as the company where the smartest people want to work.