Everybody grows in their own way.

You fog the mind, you stir the soul.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

Boy, do I got some stories to tell.

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings."--(psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the state of being he calls "flow")

If a culture is good or evil, it is only because of its carriers.

Hammer the lies! Nail the truth." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You

You can’t love anything properly from a distance.

You can't chase everybody on the Internet who's saying stuff about you, that's for sure.

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

You are your own refuge There is no other You cannot save another You can only save yourself.

Well, I know I'm back in America now. I've been knocked unconscious.

Ideas are like dreams; they will disappear unless we record them. Write a book, a blog, build a company, anything that makes the ideas real.

There was a star danced, and under that was I born.