There's a lot of thievery involved in writing. You're breaking into other people's spaces and other people's stories.
Someday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.
That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.
I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock
She's a yellow pair of running shoes, a holey pair of jeans. She looks great in cheap sunglasses, she looks great in anything. She's, "I want a piece of chocolate cake; take me to a movie. " She's a, "I can't find a thing to wear. " Now and then she's moody. She's a Saturn with a sunroof with her brown hair blowing. She's a warm conversation I wouldn't miss for nothing. She's a fighter when she's mad and she's a lover when she's lovin'.
Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.
Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
Two creative spirits in a relationship, I don't think that's the best way to go.
The idea that God may be approached and understood through intellectual analysis is uniquely Christian. . . . It is probably not an accident that modern science grew explosively in Christian Europe and left the rest of the world behind.
Stopping smoking was most dramatic for me. After 23 years, I picked up a cigarette one day and didn't know why I was doing it. Smoking was no longer in alignment with what I had intended to experience of myself.