Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.

I don't believe that songwriting has to be profound, but I truly believe that it's a crime for you to go outta your way for it not to be.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

All we do as songwriters is rewrite the songs that have impressed us till we find our own voice. It's part of learning the craft.

You see things differently at 40 than you do at 31. Especially if you got to 40 the way I did.

Every day on Earth is another chance to get it right.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

To me, religion is an agreement between a group of people about what God is. Spirituality is a one-on-one relationship.

What's important is you wake up in the morning and something doesn't exist, and when you finish you day's work something is in the world that wasn't there before.

She was hearing the words. They just weren't registering on her Richter scale of sanity.

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

Ive only dressed in drag three or four times.

What am I doing here?

Donald Trump's temperament and character is precisely what you would hate to see in your children, much less your president.

You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all.

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater. Hang on, that can be taken two ways.

Bodybuilding is not only a sport but first an ART.

When a decision is taken belatedly, its execution inevitably leads to haste.