You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

Service to God is largely unacceptable without service to men

Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?

Take every opportunity to express kindness.

The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

I don’t like it when you use my shampoo, because then your hair smells like me, not you.

I've never even seen a great set fight or a great set meltdown. I seem to always be on these incredibly relaxed sets.

Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.

If we could convert 0.03 percent of the sunlight that falls on the earth into energy, we could meet all of our projected needs for 2030.

Obsess about the quality of the product.