Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.

Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people.

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.

Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light... You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage.

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much.

The world my children are growing up in is so much more sophisticated and exposed - emotionally, intellectually, sexually.