My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn’t any consistency.

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

I’m more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn’t see any rock & roll bands. I had posters on my wall. I had Beatles records.

I played with two lines of action figures when I was a kid: G.I. Joe and Star Wars.

Faith Hill is a big role model.

I think maybe people see bands and musicians as some sort of superhero unrealistic sport that happens in another dimension where it’s not real people and not real emotions. So, I grew up listening to Beatles records on my floor. That’s how I learned how to play guitar. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be a musician.

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

When I was five – it’s not even bad – I stole a sweet from the sweet shop.

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

The public doesn’t mind people living together without being married, providing they don’t overdo it.

The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving.

There is no such thing as a lovers‘ oath.

Familiarity breeds contempt – and children.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you’re saying prayers to the devil, I say.

When I was married, I definitely went through a lying period.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Basically my wife was immature. I’d be at home in the bath and she’d come in and sink my boats.

It’s probably the worst feeling in the world, when you’re deeply and madly in love with a woman and you know she’s not feeling you the same way, and you don’t know why.

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

To get a hold on boys you must be their friend.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

It’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Ever since I dated a woman, I know what it is to grab a curve on a woman’s body. Skinny’s not fine when the lights are low.

Every single one of the guys that I’ve written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but it is rash to assume that the child feels any love in return.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

I’ll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They’re too much fun.

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they’re gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you’re going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women… no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of ‚Don’t do this‘ and ‚Don’t do that.‘ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of.

When I was an orphan, I was the richest kid at the orphanage because everyone else was complaining about not having anything. But when I discovered that you could get two cents for a Coca-Cola bottle, I would follow people around who were drinking it and ask them if they were almost through with it.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn’t they’d be married too.

There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing – hopefully.

All my playmates on the farm were black, and later, when I started school in Plains, it was all white. But I was always eager to get back home to my friends in Archery.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

I look at other people’s lives, and some people feel like they’re too old to play with toys. But I still go through the toy section at the store, ‚cause there were toys that I wanted when I was little that I couldn’t have. So I still get them.

Fame may go by and – so long, I’ve had you.

Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They’re worth it.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

If you like a person you say ‚let’s go into business together.‘ Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger.

I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

At the end of the day, who I really and truly am is a little girl who loved to play the piano.

A friend is nothing but a known enemy.

Hear reason, or she’ll make you feel her.

I’ve told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn’t kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.