My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Love is the promise that guides me.

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to

There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

Never worry a bit in Life. Always be full of merriment.

Understand one thing very clearly. Because all this: your time, this world, your life in it and all of those opportunities, they have a deadline.

Work is God’s great investment in you

It hurts to see your loved one in pain, but it hurts more to see you cannot do anything about this pain.

By GIVING to others, instead of GETTING, we can still find we have everything we need in Christ.

The atheist worldview of life is a materialistic culture that frees humanity from superstition.

I never read comics growing up. I didn't have money and I don't like to touch paper.

I see who I want to be, in my daughter's eyes.

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.