I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

We travel. Some of us forever. To seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

How long should you try? Until.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Out of intense complexities intense simplicities emerge.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.