Conformity runs rampant through everyday life, and people want to read about characters that deviate from societal norms.

Life's too short to cavort with fork-tongued carnivores.

The harder you work, the more you produce, the more you create, the more you will be rejected. By people who never created shit.

The best thing about Art is that the people who create it live forever.

i Create. I don't "Need".Meaning: I don't need advice or criticism. Unless you're offering money, weed, or whiskey save it. Thanks.

Guns give Evil a means to expression.

I've done some stupid things I regret, but I've managed to keep my integrity. Which is important because integrity is fragile. Break it once and it's gone forever.

The mainstream media in America has become an insidious device of ignorance. They not only shape the story, but now participate. For what?

I'll never suppress my identity -- that's like filing away your fingerprints so the money can slide into your pockets easier.

Life can be tough and harsh at times. That's what makes it great. Every day is a celebration of survival.

Grammar perfect books are for Ivy Leaguers in Ivory Towers. My book is a sandcastle built on the beach of usefullness.

It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas.

He had no idea how to deal with the staggering amount of grief he felt, so he looked to the sun and blinded himself with its light.

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.

Good music is good music, and everything else can go to hell.

Putin is a tough guy. I met him once.

When I see Facebook, I feel like Howlin' Wolf must have felt when he first heard Elvis. 'They finally taught a white boy to do this.'

I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet.

When one begins to really feel into the spiritual dimension of their beings, they bump into love. They bump into compassion. They bump into beauty.

Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young.