The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built out of longing great wonders have been willed they're only little tears darling let them spill and lay your head upon my shoulder.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

The secret to longevity in the music business is to change, and to be able to change. [...] An actor has to assume other people's identities. A rock star doesn't need to do that. [...] But change is important.

The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love for just as goodness cannot be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil.

Jesus Christ was the biggest blight on the human race, he was. And all them socialists and communists - second rate Christianity.

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer.