Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one.

A rock'n'roll band needs to be able to get under people's skin. You should be able to clear the room at the drop of a hat.

I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard.

The ones that love us least, are the ones we'll die to please.

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.

Stick with your heart and you'll be fine.

Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.

Nobody can miss you unless you go away.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

The hack songwriter will write the absolute truth every single word, whether it makes a great song or not.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

You can’t control the universe, but if you learn to practice meditation and mindfulness you may be able to control yourself.

You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don’t start or end with the word ‘motel.

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss.

Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in.

When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen.

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.

21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.

Amsterdam must have more than a million people. But the only area where jazz is really profitable and successful in an economic sense is in Japan. That's because they haven't been exposed enough.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

Individualism is going around these days in uniform, handing out the party line on individualism.