I'm going to go out and get everybody together and say I think we ought to protect this for generations to come. Now, let's get down to work and walk the land and talk about the conflicts and get everybody involved.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

I look back on it, yeah, I'm in a much worse financial position than I was eight years ago. I'm going to have to go out at age 62 and kind of readdress some of that.

I realized, year of the tiger was 1974, which was the year my father passed away when I was a kid... My family, at that point, were Christian Scientists. So basically, this woman Mary Baker Eddy started this in the 1800s, and the premise is that you don't go to doctors. You believe that God is gonna heal you.

I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!

I don't work with anybody on the music, of course. But my God, some of the lyrics that other people have written were so shallow: 'Hey baby this, hey baby that.' I need substance to the words, you know? Give me depth!