Be careful with how you present yourself in the public, because most people will not hesitate to treat you in that exact manner.

Hope in the beginning feels like such a violation of the loss, and yet without it we couldn't survive.

Oppression has been in existence as long as man himself has been in existence.

Everything I am longing for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of my abundance - will surely be mine... when I am prepared to receive ALL with an open and Thankful heart.

The People, when they start to applaud you and support, that means a lot

Practice meditating on the heart chakra. This is only one of them, but it's quite good for the first few years of your meditative practice.

Every day I beat my own previous record for the number of consecutive days I’ve stayed alive.

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.

The moment you start complaining, you are already not taking into consideration all the good things Allah [God] has given you.

I don't like my feet. I'm not crazy about anybody's feet. But I have flat feet.

That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.