“My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.”
Relationships are where theory meets practice. These quotes cover romance, communication, conflict, trust, and the daily work of maintaining a connection with another imperfect human being who is also trying to figure things out.
“I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.”
“My family gave me values that have sustained me through situations that would challenge any person. My personal relationship with the Lord inspires me in all I do.”
“The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.”
“I did learn one great lesson from a past relationship, and that was to never talk about relationships in print again because I'd rather live my private life than read about it.”
“You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.”
“I'm an awfully loyal friend. Once I've started a relationship with someone, it's like they are syrup and I'm a pancake. Their syrup gets into my pancake, so to speak.”
“Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.”
“I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.”
“I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn't happen.”
“The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.”
“To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.”
“You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.”
“If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.”
“Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water.”
“While I don't often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have 'chosen' is to be in a gay relationship.”
“I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.”