At the heart, it is world music that I do. It's all connections. Ultimately, we're all connected.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

Surround yourself with brilliance.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

Misery will never be your destiny. Your mind deserves joy in abundance, but it's your responsibility to constantly feed the right words and beliefs to it.

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

Looking back at Tim Cook's public appearances in the last few years makes the standoff with the government look almost inevitable.

A little praise goes a great ways.

Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them.

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked at the things that shocked people.

If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an obvious tragedy being talked about.

Executives need to understand the economic benefits of trust dividend, especially when the behavior is real, not artificially or superficially created as PR to manipulate trust.