Does an artist truly need to understand her times in order to create? I'm not sure. We're all sitting in a context. It's a market.

Having a favorite color is like having a favorite lung.

Play is your route to mastery.

Having a favourite colour is like having a favourite lung.

Value choices are intuitive... It's fun to see how much you can get without leaning on contrast.

There's a saying that goes, 'The universe gives you a whisper, then a nudge, then a push and then an anvil on your head.

Joy is my energy and energy is my powerhouse.

Learning a new thing is a shortcut to joy and informs your area of mastery.

Vibrancy is only as effective as the mastering of restraint.

Ideas bubble differently when we're forced to inquire about the obvious.

Study the processes and methods of those who are better at it than you... there's someone who knows something you don't, who has honed a skill more than you have. Rival your rival.

In the struggle for life, a taste for truth is a luxury--or else a disability.

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other

May you know the beauty of your own true nature.

And I don't want you to be anywhere but here

The Will to Death is what keeps me alive

Anybody who knows the public school teacher world knows there's not a lot of money in teaching. You do it because you love what you do.

Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

I've always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn't have any chart success.

Don't swear off all the fruits just because you ate one bad apple.