I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.

The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

Leave them wanting more and you know theyll call you back.

Across th street is a hell of a tester.

I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

Success of democracy lies within the analytical thought of a common man.

I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold.

I don't think there's a certain part of a character I take with me. There's a certain part of me I leave with each character, though.

But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd better write a novel, so I tend not to stop and learn word processing.

The only thing I have to give to make you smile, to win you with, are all the mornings still to live.

Believe that there is a purpose in your pain.

We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.

I don't think that politics are as complex as people like to make them seem or out to be.

Give me blood and I will give you freedom!

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers