Al R. Young Quotes

In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation.

True love opens the gates of time.

Music is fulfilling. The next day you feel better. Drugs, the next day you feel terrible -- unless you have more drugs.

Lookin' for love in all the wrong places, no fine girls just ugly faces.

As long as something wants to arise, let it. As long as something wants to last, let it. As soon as something wants to pass, let it.

Some people say we have thirteen albums that all sound the same. That isn't true. We have fourteen albums that all sound the same.

I believe that prayer is our powerful contact with the greatest force in the universe.

I have about concluded that wealth is a state of mind, and that anyone can acquire a wealthy state of mind by thinking rich thoughts.

Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet.

Fashion should not be expected to serve in the stead of courage or character.

In the traditional Islamic world, the hierarchy of the arts was not based on whether they were "fine" or "industrial" or "minor". It was based upon the effect of art on the soul of the human being.

Yes, we're still five little people with a noisy attitude.

Nearly everyone I met, worked with, or read about was my teacher, one way or another.

The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go.

Cocaine eyes won't hide your face.

We need to dream big dreams, propose grandoise means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.

Capital which overreaches for profits; labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which overreaches for bargains will all destroy such other. There is no salvation for us on that road.

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.

Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles.

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together.

Love the giver more than the gift.

I'm a very introverted guy, so I don't need to be around people for as long as someone who's very extroverted to get that sort of social fix per se.

I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.

The God of Evangelical Christianity is a Monster.

I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.

Ultimately, meditation can allow us to have happiness independent of conditions and that is one heck of an awesome claim

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.

Compassion is to share the pain without sharing the suffering.

Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For his cinnamon girl.

The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!

I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.

Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun. There were children crying and colors flying all around the chosen ones.

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.

All those who came out of my neighborhood before me. Beyond those you see on TV, the most important people are those who are close to you because they share the same reality.

When I would feel down...I'd have some noodles father prepared, and all the worries I had that day...Poof! They would all disappear.

The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.

Maybe some are so busy waiting, they forget what indescribable beauty is right there in front of them.

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

The man with courage is a majority.

It's better to burn out, than to fade away.

I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.

What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.

You have to be ready to give everything you have, and you have to make sure you've really got a lot to give. Because if ... you're not ready to give everything you have, ... then you're nothin'.

Every time you write a poem it’s apocalyptic. You’re revealing who you really are to yourself.

A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.