I don't get mad too much.

Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.

Do Tasmanian devils really exist?

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

I don't get mad too much.

I make a living doing what I love doing, and it's what brings me joy.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

We always thought we had to follow a certain theme but I don't agree with that anymore. I think the fans deserve a wider variety of music.

Music is one of those things that make us feel a little less alone in the world.

I believe a lot of disease comes from anxiety, loneliness.

I didn't really care about sales figures. I just wanted to get things off my chest.

Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit.

I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your world view. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich.

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.

You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don't have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that's actually saying something.

Don't worry about planning every step of your life.

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid.

You need to begin to network with angels and VCs while you are still ideating. It is easier to ask someone you know for funding than a stranger. Build your financial network by attending as many industry functions and reaching out for advice from experts online.

To me jewelry is a natural progression and there is something so meaningful and magical about creating that one of a kind special piece.

As a rule, governments monitor people.

Man is raw and wild, that is one of the reasons why he needs the Christian teaching.

When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves, then the great American experience will come to an end.

Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fightthe lazy the cunning the cowardlyfor they consider themselves defeated before they start.

Going to Chicago was like going out of the world.

I met my husband through a mutual friend. He invited me over for dinner and cooked this meal that knocked my socks off - and maybe knocked off a few other pieces of clothing off as well.

Chris Guest movies are funny.

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.

The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China.

So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!