Up till now I wrote the songs on my acoustic guitar alone with the Lord. Then I would take the song and share it with my family and then we all would figure out instrumentation together.

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they manufacture wisdom. But regret-regret is useless.

Bob Dylan started out as a folk rip- off but he quickly ran with complex influences and it ended up to be his own sound.

This is the trouble with origin hunting. There are so many origins.

My mother took the measure of what could be built with the material she'd been given, and she built it.

Equally as therapeutic was the fact that disaster did not come.

If you're afraid of heights, lean over a railing. If you're afraid of germs, lick a floor. But what do you do if your greatest fear is of being afraid?

I felt so skinless at times! Things hit me so hard!

Why do you have to be so damn cryptic?

But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.

Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so must it be with a government.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will have a black mind.

The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old like the fact that he can play it for his dad? Is that cool?

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.