Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.

It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo.

Military intelligence, two words combined that cant make sense

Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

I'm responsible for starting a whole new school of pretension.

Schools are for training people how to listen to other people.

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

How much in life is determined, and how much is due to chance?

The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

Everyone goes to rotten schools when they're kids, don't they?

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

Music has been more, you know, the only thing I've ever known.

Being from a big band is great because you can do other bands.

I don't trust nobody, especially when they say something good.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

I've always tried to be kind of poetic in my lyrical approach.

One thing you can't do with babies, you can't give them steak.

I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.

In the middle of my little mess, I forget how BIG I'm blessed!

A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.

A composer's job involves the decoration of fragments of time.

I have been monitoring your earthly broadcasts for many years.

I think I'm always changing as a writer and trying new things.

That's your best friend and your worst enemy - your own brain.

There was a great blues scene in Belfast during the late '60s.

I sang a song called 'Sugar Time.' That was it. I had the bug.

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

I still believe in hope and that a good song will push itself.

I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

I can only write about personal stuff, about my point of view.

I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.

Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.

Hating someone is giving them too much, just leave them alone.

We occupy the planet with a vengeance. We seek to dominate it.

Humans are pretty crafty but will fold quickly in severe cold.

I think President Obama really does get the value of the arts.

I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win!

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