There's nothing I like more than a writer who can sing, or a musician who has a book out.

Aloha Earth, this is Elvis calling. You'll find me in the big house now.

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.

If they'd said, "Do you want to be John Wesley Harding or Wesley Stace in 25 years' time?" I would have said Wesley Stace, but I wasn't to know.

If somebody had said to me back in 1988 that I'd still be making music in 25 years' time, to start with I would have keeled over with shock because I wouldn't have believed them.

The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

A great paradox which should God make us understand, we will weep, laugh, wonder and ponder is the paradox of human ignorance

No, I can't die because there are too many jackasses falling over themselves to take my place! I may live forever just to spite them!

You don't have to be foreign policy expert to succeed as president, but you have to have ice water for blood.

I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine.

Gather the five virtues (Dignity, Confidence, Courage, Compassion, and Faith). Then you are a man.

You need to be a little crazy to change the world, and you can’t really fake it.

What did we go to war for, if not to protect our property?

Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.

Quite frankly, Kimi Raikkonen is the fastest driver in the world