The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them sad.

There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they dont dread... Im very lucky.

I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?

I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or 16. There's so much that needs to be done.

I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming.

If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write comes out slow and sad because that's most of what I listen to.

My wife is so very important to me that it's made my mom more important to me. It's made every woman I know more important to me.

I've spent a lot of time in a rock n' roll band trying to fight off the fact that I was old enough to rent a car. And it's all sort of rushed in at once now. And I like it.

As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.

This was the kind of kiss you remembered when you were a very old lady with a very poor memory.

Own your growth and your schedule!

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives.

Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.

I would rather be on a roller coaster life going through hell and back to appreciate the glory instead of having it all at once.

Many is the mirage I chased. Always I was overreaching myself. The oftener I touched reality, the harder I bounced back to the world of illusion, which is the name for everyday life.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

Our most merciless enemy is our past.

I think God is the most fantastic designer.

The Spanish press started calling me ‘El Nino' when I was very small. Now, I have grown a little. The problem is, when I'm 30 years old, we'll have to come up with another one.