I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

A society with values, is a rich society.

Fire can destroy everything, but it is also the most important creative force.

The Bolsheviks did not seize power; they picked it up.

Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.

I don't believe so much in the value of a single picture anymore. I don't really photograph for the wall.

Life is an adventure or nothing

The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the States in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.

It's always exciting when you can go into a mode where you can be both spontaneous and choreographed. Sort of in control and out of control at the same time.

The Holy Scriptures lead us to God and open the path to the knowledge of God.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.