I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

I truly believe that if you have more friends than books, you have too many friends. Or not enough books. Probably both.

Don't do what you're taught to do, do what you love to do.

If man walks in nature's midst, then he is nature's guest and must learn to behave as a well-brought-up guest.

Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

Seek other people's advice, but don't take orders. And don't take 100% of anyone's advice. Make sure every decision you make is a product of your own conclusion. Be a student, not a disciple.

Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don't fix that?

I think we respond well when we do something well.

Know that life can only be found in the present moment.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.