Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?

When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

Where's the guy who gave me Twinkies and Coke?

Run the race of life at your own pace.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.

Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ?

I don't eat four-legged animals, but I eat birds, I eat cheese, I eat dessert. I eat everything.

A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.

'Statistics' show that 66% of clients are cured with psychotherapy; what statistics don't show is that 72% are cured without it.