These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I am happy to make money. I want to make more money, make more music, eat Big Macs and drink Budweisers.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray.

I could care less about what people think. I'm a Devil Without A Cause.

You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.

I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Finaly, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. -Ephesians 6:10-11

A deep breath is a technique with which we minimize the number of instances where we say what we do not mean … or what we really think.

The chance you take, may turn out to be the best decision you ever made." LJB

Moral progress is a process of isolation; the mountain tops are lonely.

We had a great rally right next to Phoenix, and it was an amazing, 21,000 people. But the protesters block the road. So you had thousands of people that couldn't get in.

We will never-and I mean never-turn our backs on our employees.

Once trapped in the belief that you are a victim, you surrender your birthright to compete for the prizes of life.

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.

The whole industry evolves around a great song

Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.