I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.

Love and only love will endure. Hate is everything you think it is. Love and only love will break it down.

In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

All these people talking about morality should just take a walk downtown. They don't want to go downtown because instantly they see homeless people and they don't want to.

Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.

Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them.