The Vatican takes your breath away.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

Humor is an amazing way to talk people down off a ledge.

If you're driving, don't forget your car.

Music and soccer. They would be my two major passions.

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.

Even Crazy Horses is a good song, by the Osmonds. I've known many bands who have covered that. It's just a great song. I bought it in a brown, paper bag because I didn't want anyone to know I had it.

I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.

We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do.

Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.

Just for the record: happiness is not bullshit.

I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.

It is quiet at home today. I got my wisdom tooth extracted.

The possibilities are unlimited as long as you are true to your life's purpose.

The road to recovery is to stimulate small business and innovation by reducing taxation, regulation, and litigation.

I'm from L.A., so I'm used to seeing people in sunglasses and flip-flops. There's something so romantic about a man in a scarf and a knitted hat.

Do right. Fear Nothing.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

Love is two minds without a single thought.