My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

You are powerful, you are unique, you are a gift to yourself and others.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!

The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass.

I believe the best persona to be onstage is the one that comes naturally.

If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out on one half of life.

I believe in miracles, I believe in the Law of Attraction, but even I don't think I'm big enough to manifest five Asian elephants cloaked in gold.

There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.

A man can fail, but he isn't a failure until he blames someone else.

It's quite nice coming off doing a dark, upsetting scene. It's a relief that that's over with, and then you can get back to happy old Sophie.

I have said many times-if I hadn't been exposed to music as a child I don't think I would have been president.