Songwriting's a weird game.

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

Yes, King Edward VI lived only a few years, poor boy, but he lived them worthily.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

[I want to be remembered] as a small piece of the puzzle sent here to serve a bigger picture.

I want to be the greatest player ever in my era.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

Policeman are soldiers who act alone; soldiers are policeman who act in unison.

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action.

My palette contains a warm and cool of each primary, plus four modifiers: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Blue-Violet and Phthalo Yellow-Green just mix as I go for each painting.