I've been listening to a lot of Hollies stuff lately, and it's beginning to sound pretty good to me.

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

There really is a kind of insane beauty around us all the time. It's just a question of learning to slow down, take a deep breath and meet the moment.

Teach your children well...and feed them on your dreams...Don't ever ask them why. If they told you you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it.

The Hollies, after I left in 1968, had the audacity, the gall, to have three number one records after I left. Thanks a lot, guys.

There is a great correlation between music and images.

Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.

People like Beck and Shawn Colvin are some of the people I listen to lately.

Don’t try to be just a success

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Failures, mistakes, and difficulties are just locations on your journey through life. They have nothing to do with who you are.

If you’re told what to look for, you can’t see anything else.

So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him.

I hate the idea of turning jazz into homework assignments. I would never have a quiz saying, "Who's the clarinetist on the Hot Five?" I don't care. If you like the clarinetist, you'll know who it is.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

I'm a conservative Republican. I have been since I was 15 years old and participated in the 'Goldwater for President' campaign in 1964.

You don't really get to know people behind the scenes. One can assume that it's out there, but I have no idea at the end of the day. I hope not.

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.