Katie, 90% of the things you worry about don't happen, and the 10% that do, you can't do anything about.

I appeal: Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, so my children will not be afraid to say the word 'AIDS' when I am gone. Then, their children and yours may not need to whisper it at all.

The final lesson is that 'reality' is always the way to go and that acceptance is the only way to get there.

But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

All that matters is that I stay healthy.

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. Ill take an angry moose any day.

Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.

We are members of a strange species that devotes its energies to climbing the ladder of success in order to make money to buy things we don't like.

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.