I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Love is the promise that guides me.

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to

There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

Master the art of selfloveand you will never have to seekvalidationever again.

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

In the world we live, either everyone is stupid or no one is.

Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.

... America is the greatest humiliator in existence. It is always cultivating the power you get from humiliating others.

To hear the faint sound of oars in the silence as a rowboat comes slowly out and then goes back is truly worth all the years of sorrow that are to come.

Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You gotta do something. Show us what you have.

I hope everyone continues to ride with me the way they have done. I could never repay you because each and every one of you changed my life.

Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.

There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.