I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

Give away love to be loved.

The gift of the Sabbath must be treasured. Blessed are you who honour this day.

The sky was the yellow color of old cheese and the clouds flew across it, as if they had seen something horrifying in the desert wastes where they had so lately been.

You see, faith means listening to your heart, not just your heard. It's not about ignoring facts; it's about being willing to see around them sometimes.

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

We need to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed. It's OK to say, "I don't know."

Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.

Life is a picnic on a precipice.