The purpose of that apple tree is to grow a little new wood each year. That is what I plan to do.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

I will look at the past, but I will not stare at it.

Technology fuels economy, unfortunately in today’s world it’s the fuel that drags economy

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead it means that the dead are living.

The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.

It's not the end of the world to lose.

I think every band I'm a part of fulfills something the others don't, so I'm pretty convinced I need all of them.

I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.

Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else.

A No. 1 record is hard to come by.

The months fall to shards at my feet.