Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

Courage isn’t being a dragon. Neither is it behaving like a dragon. Nor is it taking up arms to fight and defeat dragons. Courage is being a lamb standing with poise among dragons.

It is impossible to credit one gender with every good and perfect gift without slighting the other. That’s what extreme diversity does to us.

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.

Corporations aren’t people. People are people.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it's someone you already know. You think it's someone you're yet to meet.

You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.

Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it is the only way to live life completely.

I don't have to shoot from more than two feet. I'm top 50. I've got 23,000 from where I shoot.

One of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.