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.

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.

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.

I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.

MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.

I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.

When a man's conscience and the laws clash, it is his conscience that he must follow.

Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentive.

Sometimes you don't get but one mistake, if the one you pick is bad enough.

He [George Washington Cable] has taught me to abhor and detest the Sabbath day and hunt up new and troublesome ways to dishonor it.

The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe.

Grace is God's love in action for those who don't deserve it.

I just play because I love playing and I try and take as many wickets as I can.

Our ancestors ... possessed a right, which nature has given to all men, of departing from the country in which chance, not choice has placed them.