Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

Never confuse determination with arrogance. Arrogance will look down on you, determination will run over you.

When I'm with you, my world is complete. When I touch you, I understand the meaning of life. When I lost you, I completely shattered. You. Own. Me.

Why hang out with celebrities when I can hang out with the people who made me one?

I'm not running for president to be somebody, I'm running for president to do something!

Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.

Ultra competitive people who always need to win end up enjoying things less.

Glory be to God for dappled things.

When I was a kid, maybe 11, I remember saying, "When I grow up I wanna have enough money to buy a really cool car, because I won't."

The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

To behold the day-break! The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows, The air tastes good to my palate.