Talent is being able to please people.

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

I have so much fun on stage that I should have to pay to get in.

If halfway love is all you want or all you care to give, why bother with love at all and only halfway live.

I only drank for three years of my life, but I drank enough in those three years to last me the rest of my life... It's a religious thing.

Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl.

I'm not a real good musician, but I can write [a song] pretty well. I experiment once in a while to see what I can do. I find out the best I can do is stay with ballads.

A good story conveys a message that strengthens our values.

We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.

The Cross is not responsible for God's love; rather it was His love that conceived the Cross.

The fool learns by suffering.

I smoke a blunt once every blue moon. But hey, the moon looks kinda blue tonight.

Follow your passion. Help people along the way. Work very very hard and always come prepared.

Some people are motivated by visualizing themselves reaching their dream. Some people are motivated by the nightmare of not reaching it. Do both.

I would have taught her a les­son she wouldn't forget!

You can drink out of Lincoln's nose. They got the Hard Rock t-shirts. They got Elvis, too.

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.