[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

Let me not anchor you to a bed of weary rocks, but let me be the kite’s string that guides you in your flight.

You learn the value of water when the rivers are dry.You learn the value of light when the winters are prolonged.You learn the value of food when the fields are bare.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

Although Christ, in my mind is an absolute Yogi, I think many Christian teachers today are misrepresenting Christ.

You have Cameron Crowe write an incredible monologue for you just based on the things that you're talking about. It just became this opportunity that was too exciting a process to pass up.

And I quoted from Nietzsche: That which does not kill me, makes me stronger.

I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.