My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.

My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

Fame and success are very different things.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

My first language is Gaelic.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

I missed you, Angel. Not one day went by that I didn't feel you missing from my life.

The challenge is to keep it fresh. If you're talking about Britney Spears over and over, it's very hard to keep that interesting.

I've been audited for many, many years in a row, which I think is unfair, but that's the way it is.

I think that somebody with the resources and innovation and the idea is going to come out of nowhere and come up with a successful space travel program.

Man is the ant of the Universe; He is not an important creature, at least at the moment!

A lot of people don't realize that not everybody gets high.

I'd like to do an anthology. Maybe a collection of songs set in my world, or based on my world. I think that would be a lot of fun.

A leader leads by example not by force.

Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.