Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't.

There are those who like things just they are and will stop at nothing to keep them that way, and those who understand that change is the natural order of the universe, and one must change with it.

Saying of the ProphetReflectionThe Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.

I live by never saying what if?...

Pucky lads, a wee bit over their heads.

We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.

The third stage is no thought.

No, you’re not going with him.” I crossed my arms. “Who decided that?” He put on his “I’m alpha and I’m putting my foot down” expression. “I decided.

My father was slower, but he was severer than my mother, who was quick but light and irregular in discipline.

I don't feel too excited about fashion today People just want cheap fast clothes and are happy to look like everyone else

An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.