There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.

I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for?

While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.

We thought it would be great to see if you could put pop music back into musical theater.

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

If I had a gun, I'd shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.

I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.

I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.

When you look into the eyes of an animal you've rescued, you can't help but fall in love.

Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

Mix your drinks, and it's best not to cry over spilt milk, but put it back in the bottle.

I don't think the label cares about an album... People just want their number-one record.

At least in my life, I cannot hold onto grudges. It's a waste of energy, a waste of time.

That's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.'

My only saving grace is that I actually collect things that nobody else is interested in.

I do that in whatever language of the country I'm in, because the audience appreciate it.

You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

Blow your brains out and do it right, make sure it's on prime time and on Saturday night.

Of course, fatherhood fundamentally changes a lot of your life, but it enriches you, too.

I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

The truth is, I hate to perform. I get such bad stage fright, it makes me physically ill.

I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money.

I went to school for folk music back when I was a teenager and learned hundreds of songs.

It was Freddie who instilled in us the belief that we had to make people gasp every time.

I plan to take Hoods Up to another level of art once we've reached the level of doing so.

Let's face it: I paint well. I know it, you know it. There's no arguing really, is there?

No second chances in the land of a thousand dances, the valley of ten million insanities.

Whatever God wants is fine by me. . . . I've had the very best life. I have tasted beauty

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

INTO THE WILD was a lot of fun, but challenging, 'cause you can get lost in the movement.

Took your car, drove to Texas. Sorry honey, but I suspected, you and I can't cry anymore.

I say embrace the total geek in yourself and just enjoy it. Life is too short to be cool.

You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That’s pretty much how it goes.

You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That's pretty much how it goes.

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

Some people, they've had a lot of fun, even if it was dumb fun and a shitty body of work.

A lot of my building blocks - who I am kind of as an artist - all came from being in L.A.

We're not just dogmatic about this-we're bulldog-matic! Sola Scriptura is non-negotiable!

Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization.

There are a lot of things happening that show us that this, right now, is a time to love.

Contrary to what people are saying, you can't go by what people say, but by their spirit.

A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.

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