Our perception of yesterday is the foundation for our expectations of tomorrow.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm forbidden fruit. Once you go to certain households, mommy doesn't want you to see that dirty man who sticks his tongue out and spits out blood and all that stuff.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

The death of rock was not a natural death. Rock did not die of old age. It was murdered.

In time of war, if you go through a bad neighborhood, I don't want a little French poodle, I want a Rottweiler on my hands.

James Bond has a license to kill, rockstars have a license to be outrageous. Rock is about grabbing people's attention.

It's hard to see your destination when you're focused on the cracks in the sidewalk.

When you really think about it, I'm not delusional enough to think that what I do is important to life as we know it on this planet. No. But neither is what you do.

God wants us to do everything according to His plan

A person who does not get attached to anything, and never forgets to do his duty, will achieve everything.

We didn't really have to take everything so seriously, did we?

I've often gotten the feeling that the only people who have learned from computer assisted instruction are the authors.

They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.

The greatest step toward accomplishment is self-confidence .

Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy.

Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.

Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.

Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.