[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation.
I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.
You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
We like the imperfect because it reminds us of ourselves.
You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.
. . . you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.
To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.
Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.