Then when I cut my hair short, my career tanked for about four years!

No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s.

It's better to have three broken engagements than three divorces.

It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up.

I try to conduct my life with a little levity.

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

I'm standing in the desert, waiting for my ship to come in.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

If I lost the ability to speak, what would my life be saying?

Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.

I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.

When I have a really hot date at a show, I definitely make it a point to use her name. The girls really love that.

I see where America is going, and it's not good. It's really bad.

Purity is the gatekeeper for everything precious and blissful in God's kingdom.

Without painting, sculpture, music, poetry, and the emotions produced by natural beauty of every kind, life would lose half its charm.

Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction.

The greatest leaders don't rule. They inspire

Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.