You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I believe that music is God's voice.

The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.

Though the wind was commanding the sand into even ridges, it couldn't control the sea.

Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

I was a pretty good DB, but I realized one day I would rather have someone trying to tackle me than me trying to tackle guys like Jerome Bettis and Eddie George.

Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.

The viable jewels of life remain untouched when man forgets his vocation of searching for the truth of his existence.

Be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.

The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

I was the kind of child who always poked around wherever there was fear: to see what kind of a creature fear was.

We must use a good deal of economy in our wood, never cutting down new, where we can make the old do.