Adolescence is a plague on the senses.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Confusion is a weapon that is used by others to gain a temporary objective or advantage.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

The child of God works not for life, but from life; he does not work to be saved, but works because he is saved

I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day.

Kundalini is seen as a serpent that can shoot up the shushumna, past the chakras, opening them all and bringing you into different states of awareness.

It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.

Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!