I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes.

I think every person has the ability to affect change...through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people. We are constantly affecting the world.

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it

People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.

If I feel like I've done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

I was always tearing stuff apart to see how it worked.

It's pretty easy to see that... wealth doesn't really equal happiness.

That's the strange thing about making a record. You can be in one mood for an hour, put it on a record, and you're remembered that way.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

I won’t sell my songs for no TV Ad.

Love by its very nature is extravagant, but we poor human beings, so caught up in fear and worry, limit the very love we were created to bring into the world.

I want to love my living

The long takes process doesn't allow for that many takes. In the past I have shot over 50 takes of different shots. Sometimes you end up using take 64, sometimes take four.

On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.

I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.

A corporation like Enron is a person with a legal identity and no ethical accountability.

The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.

Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.