I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

When those people get up at the Grammys and say, "I thank God", I always imagine God going, "Oh, don't, please don't thank me for that one. Please, oh, that's an awful one! Don't thank me for that - that's a piece of crap !"

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.