There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

Heroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Choices determine character.

Interesting" he said. "You know, Simon never mentioned that his roommate was a werewolf.

Fear clogs; Faith liberates.

I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself.

What's gone will never come back, but it exists when you think of it.

I'm very fond of food. I get hungry, and I like to eat almost all the time.

The original 'Edge of Darkness' was fantastic, a fabulous series. It was of its time, but this film version shows that times really haven't changed.

Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.