I find it amusing on one level, poignant on another, when people try to get recognition from an outside source. It's sad.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

Everyone has moments of weakness. But that doesn't make you weak.

Eyes see lies that ears can't hear

Perfect, complete, needing nothing, simply all there was, was the dark.

It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture.

My favorite thing about L.A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks.

Does anyone remember laughter?

We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.