When there's so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you've already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

No one is you, and that is your power.

If you play a Nickleback song backwards you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forwards you'll hear Nickleback.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

You will only be great at things you love to do don't pursue a career in something you hate to do.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it's always going to be there.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.

My Solitude is my Treasure, the best thing I have. I hesitate to go out. If you opened the little gate, I would not hop away—but oh how I sing in my gold cage.

The Maker is the Great Master.

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine-gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use.

Read about things that wouldn't keep you up all night long, weeping and tearing out your hair.

As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

After two minutes after this time, and I am already there.

What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'

We’re in the business of luxury and there’s nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them.