I tend to stay up very late at night, so I wake up later in the day. This allows me to be in the middle of my workday when I am onstage at night.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

We must seek to keep a right view of Jesus and to remember He is always after greater love.

What we love we are.

I have fallen behind time, and am too old to catch it again. Even the noise it makes a long way ahead confuses me.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

I had a very strong desire to carry out adventures, but in those early days I didn't actually do any. I just dreamt about it.

Nothing I have ever written has been admired as much as the announcement of my death.

We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

I had abandoned my plans for priesthood and replaced them with dreams of being a musician.

When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.