More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possibility of living beyond cancer.

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

I won't sugarcoat shit. You're tiptoeing on the line between batshit crazy and sane.

Stop raping your feelings with thoughts!

Because in the end, we die. It’s like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: ‘in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.

You have the ability to drive your brain and the capability to nab the steering wheel back any time you feel yourself veering off the road you intended to take.

I get described as 'interesting' a lot. People often call me odd, too. Maybe they mean ugly. Given the services of a plastic surgeon, I would get a pair of cheekbones.

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man.

The approach is not to limit the choice, but to provide a broader choice. It's appropriate to have choices that are indulgent and others that are better for you.

I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.