I think I surprise myself.

The whole idea of music, from the beginning of time, was for people to be happy

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

I think that passion and love and pain are all bearable, and they go to make love beautiful.

Kashmir is my last resort. I think, if I truly deserve it one day, I should go there and stay there for quite a while. Or if I really need it at any point, it should be my haven, my Shangri-la.

I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.

Music is for every single person that walks the planet.

Don't be hard on yourself. And take as many chances, risks, as you can.

You have nothing. One should never allow themselves to think that they have, one can just touch - to have is to lack appreciation, to touch is to want to touch again.

As we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our souls.

('Stairway to Heaven' is) a nice pleasant, well-meaning naive little song, very English. It's not the definitive Led Zeppelin song. 'Kashmir' is.

It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you may live in Canada

I never argue with the tape. To be angry at the market because it unexpectedly or even illogically goes against you is like getting mad at your lungs because you have pneumonia.

If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first.

...there is no safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the search for quantifying such a safe level is in vain.

Despair often breeds disease.

The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.

I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.