Music has been more, you know, the only thing I've ever known.

I found it more pleasurable to write something, sing a melody over it. At a very young age, I kind of honed my writing skills, I guess.

The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music.

I just never doubted myself. I always knew I was going to do something.

I work, to this day, from morning to night, seven days a week. I'm always working two, three years ahead of my own timeline; I'm a workaholic.

I always was intrigued with writing my own stuff, and I was always really bad at learning other people's stuff.

I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen, and I've been playing ever since.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

'Star Trek' is about acceptance, and the strength of the Starship Enterprise is that it embraces diversity in all its forms.

The most simple things can bring the most happiness.

If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.

We don't know anything about Scottish history. All we know is that an American guy painted his face blue and somehow they won.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it; I could still be hurt by what they said. After Athens, I just didn't care.

I consider myself very much a team player.

I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.