The only personYou shouldn't be ableTo live withoutIs you.

Love speaks toThe soulIn a languageThe brainCan’t comprehend.

I crave stillness, And yet I fear the momentStillness turns into boredom, And the moment boredomTurns into loneliness.

If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray, it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god.

I know I'm not doing myself any favors by continuing to play.

Philosophy is fundamentally about how you come to terms with living your life and trying to do it in a wise manner, and, for me, that means decently and compassionately and courageously and so forth.

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

I just started going to shows. I don't know how submerged I am: I feel guilty that I don't get out more, but I really like being inside the house.

If you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, you may well be going to hell.

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor.

Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.