I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.

Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman.

As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.

Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some.

To swing or not to swing? Swing.

Speaking the truth is for losers and egomaniacs.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.

Reciting from rote seems a terrible way to honor the gods and a precise killing of the power of the words.

Belief creates conviction, conviction creates persistence, persistence creates perseverance and perseverance creates unlimited opportunities for greatness.

People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life.

John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town from the family garden.

When I was broke, no one ever offered to buy me a beer. Now that I have quite a bit of money, everybody tries to buy me beers. Where were all these people back when I was in college and broke?

Draw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.