I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

Arise my friend, Awake my friend and work for humanity, not to make it sophisticated, but to make it peaceful first.

Be individual, break free from the flock to avoid the predictable midsummer haircut.

Life has a practice of living you if you don't live it.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

There is a time and a place for everything. There is a time and a place for talk. And there is a time and a place for action.

Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

I get bombed for breakfast in the morning, I get bombed for dinner.

Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from the faith.

There are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world.

Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.