If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't.

I know about dance, like the creationist knows about science, and typically treat it with a similar contempt

Past success secures future failure if we continue to bask in its glow for too long

Writing is a team sport.

If there's something I feel certain of, it is that we're not very aware of each other and that's largely because of social media.

We're all mankind and humankind - so just be one and show kindness.

Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

Poets themselves, tho' liars by profession, always endeavour to give an air of truth to their fictions.

The Divine is constantly waiting at your doorstep to move in if only you allow the necessary space.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Formula One is a mind game, no question. You have to think so hard sometimes smoke comes out your ears! And if you don't keep your head in gear the car will overtake you