Guiding the ship takes more the your skill. It is the compass inside as the strength of your will.

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

I'm becoming a professional nomad and enjoying that whole part of my life.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

God looks like a guidance counselor, God's got that smile. God says, 'How could this be? That's really odd I guess I'll have to check my records, silly me, you know, I'm only God.'

And if I had a camera Showing all the light we give And showing where the light extends I'd give it to my friends

Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.

If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.

He would have died soon, but more painfully. Anyway, it was Urban Bloodshed Limitation. First rule: limit bloodshed by making sure that none of your own gets spilled.

A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge and it ain't worth it.

Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.

Dying peacefully means to avoid any immediate cause for anger, fear, or strong desire.

Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.

Philanthropist, n.: A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

I had no television when I was little, just a stack of old, beat-up comics from the 1950s and 1960s.

Is it possible to be overzealous, to destroy that which you hope to save-so that nothing is left but emptiness.

Keep a cow, and then the milk won't have to be watered but once.

When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.