"I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers."

"I tried marriage. I'm 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer - I believe in numbers. I'm not going 0 for 4. I'm not wearing a golden sombrero."

"I've got mad energy for days. That's what people can't get their minds around. They say, 'Oh, he's going to crash.' They try to apply all these common terms to a guy who is not common. I don't fit into their little box."

"I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat."

"I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

"It is a unyielding truth that reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition."

"I think it's been a little difficult at times for the audience, because they've told me they see me as a family member. So to see your little sister sing about sex... I think they are pretty used to it now."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."