American Quotes

I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and he's been known to be a Wikileaker.

I didn't really get to Led Zeppelin until I was in my 20s.

But then when he left, I realized that it was harder to write songs and feel spiritually connected to art and music as a band. When he came back I felt it again, instantaneously.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

And I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.

The fact my relationship with my son is so good makes me forgiving of my father and also appreciative.

In terms of having high hopes that the level of consciousness will get higher and higher, yeah.

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

I think there is always going to be inspired music and there are always going to be inspired listeners and there is always going to be an inspired method of getting it from A to B.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

I inherited my father's insatiable desire to meet all the beautiful girls in the world.

I don't even know what words to use to talk about the music industry anymore. But the business has changed a lot - the methods of releasing music.

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay.

Also, we're all actually different blood types and we have one represented by each guy in the band.

When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

I have to laugh at myself.

I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.

I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.

What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me.

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life.

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative.

Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia.