To want what I have, to take what I'm given with grace. For this I pray.

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.

We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.

Armchair warriors often fail - and we've been poisoned by these fairy tales

Sometimes to keep it together you've got to leave it alone.

The trouble with you and me my friend, is the trouble with this nation, too many blessings, too little Appreciation.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

There are people in your life who've come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside.

Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun.

It's an inside job to learn about forgiving, it's an inside job to hang on to the joy of living.

The guy thought he was Mick Jagger. I felt bad for him.

The poem is a form of texting... it's the original text. It's a perfecting of a feeling in language - it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.

My mum always told me, 'Have something to fall back on' and I never really listened.

People will always write and think all sorts of things – be irritated by us, have affection for us, think we dress coolly or disastrously. It’s whatever.

Reality is nourishment, but people don't believe it, I guess it's hard to stomach the truth like a bulimic.

When I'm making records, I don't go in with any intentional [ideas for] cohesion, it just happens by accident. That's the X factor; you can't predict that.

In college, I stopped doing pre-med and went into theater, and then I moved to San Francisco and lived there for five years.

ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better.

I've traveled around the world and made love with many satisfied women. So I decided to share my story.

Don't allow missed opportunities of the past interfere with the opportunities that are right before you.