I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I believe that music is God's voice.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

Writers don't get mad they get even in their novels.

God is the source of wisdom for dream accomplishment. This is the principal principle.

Be careful who influence and inspire your life. Their ways seem like leading to life but the truth is, they lead to eternal death

Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable.

Hadn't another wise man, the Buddha himself, warned about the evils of attachment?

It is no rest to be idle.

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.

One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.

So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it.

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.