At this point, I don't need my records to be Number One or sell as many as this person or that person. That's not fundamentally important - I don't believe that sustains you.

Fear's a powerful thing It'll turn your heart black you can trust It'll take your God filled soul Fill it with devils and dust.

In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged.

We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie; Home's a long, long way from us. I feel a dirty wind blowing; Devils and dust.

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from …

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

If someone listens to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything.