I will always appreciate 'American Idol,' and I never forget about where I come from.

Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.

I love Soundgarden, I love Rage Against the Machine, Simon & Garfunkel.

Doing charity work is always cool. It's always a good thing.

I think I can connect with an audience because I know what it's like to be on the other side of it and I really remember all of that.

I overthink a lot of things.

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I'm not the guy that thinks I'm a perfect singer.

I'm the first one to admit, I'm a pretty unorthodox guitar player.

A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

It was as impersonal as the Internet itself, the object responsible for connecting you to long lost people in your life, and many new ones, none of whom you will ever see.

For him any wine dated before four o'clock in the afternoon is vintage.

Women on the streets want money when we meet. I take them for a little ride, chop, chop, chop.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.

Politics is my second love, next to my love for Raisa [Gorbacheva].

What do you call those knobby things on doors that help you open them?

In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnate.

Your only gain is to try to get me to fall down to your level. Man, you worser than devils.

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.