“I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.”

The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone’s cool.

Never lose faith in real rock and roll music. Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it’s always going to be there.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

There’s always gonna be rock n’ roll bands, there’s always gonna be kids that love rock n’ roll records, and there will always be rock n’ roll.

There’s nothing I’d rather do than make music. It’s the love of my life.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that’s the most important thing for people to do.

If there’s one thing I’m good at, it’s gathering people together to do something fun.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

If it weren’t for the Beatles, I would not be a musician.

How come drummers leave their drumsticks on the dashboard of their car? So they can park in the handicapped spaces.

The human element of making music is what’s most important.

I’ve experienced great things, I’ve experienced great tragedies. I’ve done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there’s more.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn’t be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

Being in Nirvana was amazing an experience that will never happen again for me. And I look on them as some of the best and worst times of my life.

How do I stay humble? Because I’m the best at being humble.

Sit quietly and listen for a voice that will say, “Be more silent.” As that happens, your soul starts to revive.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

We need a president who listens to someone other than himself.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.

Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.