The biggest failures come round and spring ultimate surprises of survival.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs

Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.

Failure comes when we don't get back up and try again.

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.

Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.

We are never old with the strength of the spirit, although the body may fail.

I know that when I am dying, looking back, it will be women that I regret having argued with, women I sought to impress, to understand...

I didn't go abroad until quite late. A friend drove us to Amalfi, Italy, for his sister's wedding when I was a teenager. It was exciting driving through Europe.

The proof of gold is fire.

What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you.

We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.

I don't watch the news. I get really emotional about it, and I carry that stuff with me for a long time.

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you.