I think to be a good songwriter, you have to be able to play an instrument.

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.

Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. Its somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

You're everything I hope for. You're everything I need. You are so beautiful to me.

Oooh I get by with a little help from my friends.

Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

Love lift us up where we belong.

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

I have one message for young musicians around the world. Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.

It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.

If I kiss you now, I won’t be able to stop. We’ll miss the party.

The target of power is more interesting than its quantity.

It's so hard sometimes, living in this world. But I know from experience, it can always get better if you're willing to ask for help.

I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together.

You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?' 'No, Dean. It's just Max.

Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place.

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont.