Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

Love is when you have not been home for three months and call up home and your daughter picks up the phone and says "Papa, I love you!

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

A child of God, special possession.

Success, just like poverty, is a state of mind.

All he had was nothing, but that was something, and now it had been taken away.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

I drank, smoked and did drugs to get where I'm at.

The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has.

Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected as a Republican today.

Release and regulate the flow of your inborn creative energy to reach your artistic potential.