The one thing I know is that if you're not paying attention, it will come back to bite you.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

Positive expectations are the mark of the superior personality.

There's no room for me in your world

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

To his and everybody else's way of thinking, you should build a house with your own hands before you start talking about being an engineer.

The people I chose to work with me on this album are there because I have a personal relationship with them.

I am with the angels and just completely happy.

Manage the downside; the upside will take care of itself

There were occasionally rifts in the cloud where the face of a woman appeared, frowning.

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team.