The microscopes that magnified the tears, studied warts and all. Still life flows on.

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

Love one another (His last words)

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

You can be standing right in front of the truth and not necessarily see it, and people only get it when they're ready to get it.

Heaven and hell is right now. ... You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions.

Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?

The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.

It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order.

Some things is made by destiny, yes, other things by hard work, but quality you don't learn. Quality you are born with.

What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it after a dozen years or so? The smell of roses, you think? No, mouldering books.

I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull.

I have gained a lot of perspective from the places I have traveled too and the people I have been fortunate enough to meet.

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.

I think young people ought to seek the experience that is going to knock them off center.

It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.

As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of making music is to get it heard by as many people as possible.