Quotes

I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.

Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.

I love graffiti because it enables kids from every social extraction to do something that brings them closer to art, when they normally wouldn't be stimulated to be visually creative. Graffiti helps to develop an awareness of immediate expressive and uncontrolled freedom.

I'd had 35 professional fights and mentally I was tired of it. I'd sort ot fallen out of love with the sport.

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.

I really love peace and quiet.

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.

I love superstars.

I love what I do in Washington.

If you have to change some laws, get that done. If it's getting schools, the next generation, to understand love and understanding, let's get that done.

I'd love to go in the foxhole with guys who will stick their neck out and say, 'I'm going to deliver for you.'

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

I think most people, even if they say they hate horror movies, there's that feeling you get inside that you love. I mean, I love it. I love to have the hairs on the back of my neck stand up or get that chill up my spine.

I'm very happy with this new record. It's dealing with different aspects of love-it's me making a statement about people doing something with their lives. It is about caring for others.

I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.

I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.

More than anything, whether it's my dad's fault or whatever, I wouldn't allow myself to be loved. I lived most of my life thinking that I was unlovable, that I was broken goods, or whatever.

I think everyone, especially after the passing of a loved one, starts to hope that maybe there will be something better on the other side.

Then, when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, I started to notice this crazy transformation, where he fell desperately in love with Jesus.

The second that MercyMe stopped being my identity, instead of quitting, I started falling back in love with it.

Writing Christian or worship music is just because I love Jesus, so everything I do is going to be an overflow of that.

I had fallen in love with Cherry as a junior in high school. When I discovered she was going to go to Auburn, I was vacillating between Alabama and Kentucky because of Babe. I eliminated Kentucky because I wanted to be as close to Auburn as I could, and Tuscaloosa is a lot closer than Lexington is.

I love coming back to Wisconsin. Lambeau Field is such a special place - a lot different than the old city stadium next to East High School when I first arrived in 1956. The facilities were nothing like they are today, as the Packers were in tough financial times.