It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

I want to go to Africa and find a really great hotel with good food right above a water hole where I can sit, have breakfast, and just watch the elephants play in the water.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

Love and kindness have no boundaries or borders.

Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy.

Nobody ever reaches to God, God comes to you when you are open and receptive, when you are ready.

Stop the pity party! Your sorrow is full and complete when you go through unfortunate circumstances and decide to mourn for life as a result of the unexpected.

I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed.

It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.

I care about what I look like on the red carpet.

Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

Veni vidi veni iterum! (I came, I saw, I came again!)

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight.