I had a band in St. Louis. By then, things that influenced me were the first Stones albums, the first Byrds albums, later the Velvet Underground.

The only time I have problems is when I sleep.

Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno… I think he’s one of the best hunting dogs in the world.

God isn’t dead – he’s just missing in action.

Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.

I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn’t know anything about food.

What I’ve learned is that it’s okay to take from heroes, such as Debussy, but it has to be filtered through my own personality so that ultimately it’s me.

The people need to feel the music.

Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you’re creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos and the radio, you’re at a loss.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can...

It wasn’t until ’94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn’t about the money.

As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn’t tell that I’d been crying over you.

Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you’re going to pay me for...

I have the time needed to support the album and tour.

There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be.

I have dined with kings, I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.

Walking through this life really is walking through fire.

There’s a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.

I haven’t really forgotten what it’s like to be a teenager and how much it sucked.

I was always very grateful to ’em and am grateful to ’em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw,...

He’s written some great songs. I thought that “Blues Man” was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.

I’ve always thought of myself as being extremely lucky. The idea is to keep that luck going. Headlining the Stanley was a real kick. I think it’s the type of thing I could get used...

You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son’s very successful. He’s doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

Words cannot express how proud I am to be carrying the Olympic Torch for my home, New York, New York – the greatest city in the world.

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing.

Things change so fast, you can’t use 1971 ethics on someone born in 1971.

We can come from our own particular point of view and lay it down. We should not be throwing verbal rocks at each other. We’re all responsible to continue the growth of Hip Hop.

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

Let the poets cry themselves to sleep, and all their tearful words will turn back into steam.

Mission accomplished, we didn’t have any problems as far as violence goes.

It’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.

I did, like, a couple of sexier videos, because all of a sudden I went, ‘Wow, I have a body. I have this side of me that I haven’t shown yet.’ And I started kind...

We completed and released “No Code” in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.

Playing “bop” is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.

I’m working still a bit on Lisa Loeb’s new record, and that’s going to be a great record when it finally gets a chance to come out.

I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it’s the film that’s appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film, it’s not from classical music.

It’s hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like – It’s never been a factor in...

It was really amazing. I mean, he’d never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

I never rode in an automobile until I was 12.

We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.

I’m doing it with a rock format and the words are about people living in harmony with Mother Earth. It’s very important to me – and I feel it should be for every living human...

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That’s a home run for me.

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, ’cause I’d do that in school, but...

My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they’ll want more.

But I don’t use a pick onstage at all.

When you become successful on the level that Fleetwood Mac did, it gives you financial freedom, which should allow you to follow your impulses. But oddly enough, they become much harder to follow.

You know, I’m an eagle, flying around in the mountains.