For me, all the materials and objects I employ come from a specific space that's very personal.

The whole ability to look at the complexity of race and any sort of associated -ism and still find humor, that's a very interesting space.

Education should enable a student to think rationally, critically, and ultimately to understand, accept, and adapt with new and old ideas.

My sister wrote letters to the dead and hid them in her bedroom drawers.I wrote imaginary letters in my head to living.

When I think of death, I know I have nothing to lose. Living life is only a gain.

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

Always be more than you appear and never appear to be more than you are.

We need to explore the relationship between means and ends. Purposes grow out of situations. One may find the pursuit first and then this brings the purpose.

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.

I'm actually quite conservative.