A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.

Life is grace. Sleep is forgiveness. The night absolves. Darkness wipes the slate clean, not spotless to be sure, but clean enough for another day's chalking.

I hold my plush monkey over the bannister and let it drop. Its eyes light up when you squeeze its kidneys as whose eyes, I suppose, would not.

...you have to be godly to be wise ...

Love with a peaceful mind and bring peace with the power of love.

You're it for me, Katie. You're my world now.

Think something better so that something better can happen!

The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.

Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it.

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

So the blues player, he ain't worried and bothered, but he's got something for the worried people.