I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hard-core bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style and a story to tell.

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

Judge said, what you got in your defense son? Fifty-seven channels and nothing on.

Physical pain is my friend. I pursue it every night for four hours.

For one kiss, darling, I swear everything I would give. Cause you're a walking, talking reason to live.

Somehow all you ever need's never really quite enough.

The one thing I wished for my children is that they'd be readers.