Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that’s already high level. Those three are...

At one point, I didn’t get out of bed for, I think, three months, and I went down to the bottom of the hill one day and I had to call somebody to get me...

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

I don’t really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there – it’s such a special place – and because of the experiences I had there, I’ve become...

I still had some honor… I still have some now.

I’ll probably be punished for hard living.

If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.

Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend.

Eighty percent of Americans with HIV do not know they are infected.

Yeah, about sixteen to twenty weeks a year. For example, we can do America in six or seven weeks. You can do Europe in three weeks; England in two weeks. South America you could do...

I fought for peace in the fifties.

I see the Ricky Martin thing, and everything is like, just packaged for this moment. Where are they going to be 10 years, 20 years from now?

We’re the acceptable edge of the unacceptable stuff.

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn’t matter; certainly, not to me.

One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people – directors, filmmakers, and writers – over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.

On the tour we get a case of beer on the bus every day from Ozzfest.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

I’m easily distracted by other things in the world around me.

I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.

When I was in my twenties, it felt like I was riding wild horses, and I was hoping I didn’t go over a cliff.

There’s not ever much of anything going on in my head.

I’m ready for anything they throw at me.

That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin’ to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin’ to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to...

I never liked the showboat guys who called attention to themselves, who turned the Leslie on and waved their hands up in the air.

There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.

I don’t want my album coming out with a ‘G’ rating. Nobody would buy it.

It was my band. I organized the band and Dizzy was in the band. Dizzy was the first musical director with the band. Charlie Parker was in the band. But, no, no, that was my...

There’s so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

I don’t care how good a song is – if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

I just wanted to go out and make a record that I’ve always wanted to make since I was a kid.

We gotta stop fighting amongst each other. I think the only rift should be when take it the stage and try to out perform each other.

I’m a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I’m very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.

There’s all body types, but there’s just one size.

I’d rather deal with Tipper than Bush. He’s trying to kill everybody in jail.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they’re going to have a kid that’s not going to want to play the piano.

We had a song called “Reach Out” that almost got us to the next level. During that time my wife and I made a decision to leave Los Angeles.

I tested the waters on producing a record, but I’m more of a creative guy… I can’t get into minute details.

Our happiness usually is conditioned by the kind of home, job, car, clothes, etc., we have, which in a way makes us slaves to matter.

Doing Tim’s film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks!...

You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you’re not quite sure. It’s the same in – I’m trying to think of other directors with a similar...

Chris is the engineer down at the studio where we do these things. And he’s just such an integral part and he has such a marvelous ear. Also it turns out, we didn’t know, but...

I avoid going through places where there’s too much poverty.

Really, I don’t know what I’d do with myself if I retire. Wash dishes?

I consider myself a serious musician. Doing a comedy show does not take away from that in any way.

I went to work with a guy named Matt Fuller, who was a Mothers fan, and low and behold, Arthur was working for him also. We worked together for about six months and decided to...

All he wants to do is practice and that’s all he does, all day long. That’s what it takes if you want to change the face of music. You’ve gotta be committed to it.