I am so disconnected from the world of rock 'n' roll. I was always peripheral, partly because of the drug culture. I was not involved in that.

Action is the antidote to despair.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

As long as one keeps searching, the answers will come.

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job.

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"

she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do

Now I know why the Lord took his day off on Sunday. That must be the day he personally greets his favorites.

You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.

The experience of space is not a privilege of the gifted few, but a biological function.

The kids I knew growing up who worked on bikes all loved the smell of gas. It is the liquid agent for speed.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.