Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love.

Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

You dont have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.

I have a pet peeve about bands that don't play their hits. I think it's kind of selfish.

Forgiveness is hard for me, man. It is for most American-Western males. It's a sign of weakness.

If you cant say it in three minutes, I dont want to know about it.

The world's most effeminate heterosexual, Daniel Johns

My goal is to make my kids as happy as possible.

I loved hard-rock bands, and I loved songwriters who told stories.

I just wanna be a rock star!

You cannot blame our decisions on anyone, Moriah. They were all made byyou, alone.Clarion, to MoriahAngels Unaware

If you know the right path, never keep it to only yourself! If you know the wrong path, never keep it to only yourself!

After you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

Health care is not a commodity or privilege, but a human right.

I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader may then find the poem difficult.

Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery.

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible, there ain't no need in drowning in your sorrow. If things are as bad as they can be, you can be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow.

Well, you can't compete with a six foot five man in a wig.

Some people choose not to engage the battle and then don't seek out that kind of success. And others do.