I have nothing but respect for the Lakers. So many of their legends shaped who I am as a person and player.

I don't sleep much. I'm on the go. My mind is racing. My wife says my mind is like the rolling dials on a slot machine. So, yeah, I think about everything.

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

I could smell colors, I could feel sounds.

Love is the single most powerful and important word and notion in culture and language. Until the power of love supersedes the love of power we have no chance of ever being successful.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

I believe in science and evolution. I've been to the Grand Canyon.

Music is the building block for things yet to come.

Breakfast is usually a shake, because I didn't like eating in the morning. But I know it's a healthy thing, so I try to get something in my body.

I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.

It’s Adria’s face I see when I think of home.

Transparency is the key to good governance & e-governance is the only effective way of transparent governance.

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.

In short, I'm pretty suspicious of the idea that there's a real and true and authentic world, and then a bunch of false ones.

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

I have always worried about things more than I should.

The artists could be dead, but some of them are not so distant from us, and make us feel as if they are alive with us. Such artists are worth calling "contemporary artists".