Black hair spilling, blue eyes piercing. Enchanted by the lies that he was singing.

Occasionally all you need is a minute of courage to break into a world of opportunity.

Above all, protect your inner light. There are those that seek to take it from you.

The way the rain falls then rises back into the clouds only to fall again reminds me of love.

Cease seeking a strangers heart to love when your own remains neglected.

You were only meant to be a stepping stone on my journey across the sea.

Unapologetically be yourself everyday in every way.

Those who fixate on what could have been are bound to miss what already is.

Relinquish your ideology of control, for it is merely a mirage anyway.

We all have our demons, it is not anyone else's duty to validate them.

There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-

Bible teaching about the Second Coming of Christ was thought of as “doomsday” preaching. But not anymore. It is the only ray of hope that shines as an ever brightening beam in a darkening world.

Facts must be faced. Vegetables simply don't taste as good as most other things do.

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the approved or fashionable theories.

Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.

The real fountain of youth is to have a dirty mind.

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.

Jazz is music made by and for people who have chosen to feel good in spite of conditions.

Deem no man happy until he passes the edo fhis life without suffering grief.