The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.

I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops; I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there.

As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert

I'd rather be sorry for something I had done than for something I didn't do.

Bobby McGee' was the song that made the difference for me. Every time I sing it, I still think of Janis.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.