I think it's fun to play for people who don't know what you do.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

The man's emotions flowed back and forth like waves of the sea.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

I'm a fan of musicals from great masters, and I was able to have an opportunity to express myself in musical numbers with Glee.

A million years went by quick.

Be at peace and see a clear pattern and plan running through your lives. Nothing is by chance.

Worlds and particles, bodies and beings, time and space: All are transient expressions of the Tao.

Electricity does not centralize, but decentralizes.

Strange, i thought i knew you well, thought i had read the sky, thought i had seen a change in your eyes.

Life and death, union and separation, follow hard upon one another. Nothing is steadfast but the will, nothing endures but one's achieve­ments. These alone count in life.

Bigger than the Beatles? Well, how many grammys did they win? Exactly, none, yet I have one, and I've never even released a CD.