Without music I would never, ever have travelled anywhere.

The most interesting ideas definitely come at night.

My favourite thing in the world, apart from my wife and kids, is writing songs. Ever since I was a kid.

Invariably, guitar players that go solo make really bad records.

It broke my heart when my first band split up. I was 25 and we'd been together since we were 15. But it had to happen. There was a point when I knew I had to move on.

In every area of politics, the goal is control.

Christmas is not a story birthed of a humanized god for it simply doesn’t fit into the rubric of such an emaciated plot.

To adopt the posture of the hero is the most unheroic of all acts.

What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often.

I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

Pretending is a very valuable life skill.

If I have to remove one to save ten, I'll do it in a heartbeat. If I have to waterboard somebody to save a thousand people, I'll do it in a heartbeat.