You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.

The good thing about being numb is that no one can hurt you, but the bad thing about being numb is that no one can love you.

Aside from the inescapable realities of birth and death, we’re responsible for the paths our lives take. We each make our own choices.

Truth has rough flavors if we bite it through.

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

With words, I could build a world I could live in. I had a very dysfunctional family, and a very hard childhood. So I made a world out of words. And it was my salvation.

I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are even closer to me than that.

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking

Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.