Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life.
As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy.
My life is full of drama, and I don't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.
My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.
I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.
The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.
Writing music is sort of my hobby, but it's been falling off more and more. Doing comic books takes up my entire life.
I wanted to tell my story in a way I haven't done before, things I've been going through in my life.
I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.
I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.
I've been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life.
My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.
You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.
Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to participate in any way.
I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.
I'm a believer in just open, free-form creativity, and you never know the surprises that life has in store, and that, purely on a creative level, there's no such thing as rules.
To think that my heart and my words and my music saved somebody's life, it takes a while to just sink in with me. But it proves to me that music is powerful.
I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.
The weird thing about grief, for me at least, was when each of my parents died, for a year or two afterwards I was pretty wildly brave - just willing to take life on.
