Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.

I've heard from writers and musicians and fans that they think I'm underrated.

I'm thankful for serendipitous moments in my life, where things could've gone the other way.

I think good art does come from a dark place.

My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

If the timing's right and the gods are with you, something special happens.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

If you want something you just have to see it and believe in it and not take no for an answer.

When someone pursues music through your music, that's the greatest accolade anybody can get.

You've always got to have a plan. Keep thinking ahead. Don't ever get complacent.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?

People stagger, but they pick up a tattered thread and wind it back onto a spool.

We own up to minor failings, but only so as to convince others that we have no major ones.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

I never met who I really wanted to meet, and that was Charlie Chaplin.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.

Enthusiasm is the nature of life. Become one whose enthusiasm never dies.

It's only when you abandon your ambitions that they become possible.