The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.

Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers.

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

Don't believe everything you hear today

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.

All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together.

I will be waiting by candlelight in our tree house of the mind.

Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.

But God fears women even more that He fears the devil- and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man.

I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite - one little drip of mud and grit at a time.

Never be afraid to tell me anything, ” he whispered against her hair. “No matter how ashamed you might feel. I’ll never judge you, Rachel. I love you.

Maturity is when you are happy loving someone from a distance.

I would still rather feel things and live life to the fullest rather than hide in a cave and attempt to protect myself from the uncertainties of the world.

You're not so tough. No tougher than the man whose blood will spill from your veins.

My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.

It don't spit or swear or sleep around. I've always maintained I'm the most radical rock'n'roll singer Britain has ever seen.

I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

So immediately I'm trying to think: What are some of these times when we feel we're losing our hold on Christ, and what's the fear we're trying to address? I try to get into that quickly.

If we send industrialists to jail, we would be discouraging investment.

Being in several, disparate bands is what I thrive on.