I finished school, because I started when I was thirteen, so basically around 16 or 17, I just focused on finishing high school.

What you create for you, no one can take from you.

You have gotta lose your mind Just to find your peace of mind.

Cause nothing really is and everything really isn’t.

Change is inevitable. Why hold onto what you have to let go of?

I’m cool with nothing cause even nothing is something

Go with the wind, you know, like a sailboat. I think that's really important when it comes to peace… inner peace especially. You can't help anyone else if you don't have it together for yourself.

Life only gets harder, but you gotta get stronger.

I stopped looking at people's opinions. It's easy to get caught up in what other people think.

Love side, hate side, never in between

Suffering is optional. You’re gonna have some pain but it doesn’t have to make you suffer.

It is better to inquire of God than seek your own ways?

Explain yourself when it is a must, but sometimes, in life, keep quit when people think you are mad or you shall speak and speak how mad they think you are!

Our prayers can go where we cannot...there are no borders, no prison walls, no doors that are closed to us when we pray.

A book can take you to another land, even if just for a few hours. --Cat Spydell

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives.

I joined Genesis when I was 19. I've earned the right to actually do nothing. I don't want to be a shadow of what I was, so I've kind of just quite willingly stood back.

I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.

Too many people think that "good manners" are about subjugating yourself to others. Not true. Respect, and just as important, self-respect are two key elements in this equation.

The best thing about skiing backwards is you can see where you've been.