I learned that once it's over, it's really over, and to not take anything for granted.

I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life.

Whether I'm stressed out or angry or happy or depressed - however I feel, I say "I love my life," no matter what. That usually keeps me centered.

How do I not get so wrapped up in what I think needs to happen? Going with the flow is the way to do it.

Nothing is for sure. Change is the only thing that is the absolute.

As an artist and a songwriter myself, I like to feel connected to modern culture and watch how sounds change.

I love just going out; long drives, the ocean, my kids, new music, new gear, new plug-ins, coffee, and donuts at four in the morning. Even just waking up and writing.

I've learned that each day is definitely a gift.

I do pranayama breathing now as a meditation, and that's very helpful. Meditating changed my life.

Walking my dogs, playing with my kids - all of that is really good stuff to keep me centered.

I meditate every day for between ten to twenty minutes. Every morning, I work out and go to the gym for an hour. I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.

You are a soldier. A fighter. And now you must fight. Not for the emperor, not for France . . . but for yourself.

When people go to work they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.

There's nothing wrong with provocative art work: I even look forward to the day when I can take pictures which will disturb even me.

Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.

At some glad moment was it nature's choice to dower a scrap of sunset with a voice?

When we go to the desert, it's pure nagual. There you witness stupendous and incredible acts of power that your reason cannot possibly deal with.

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

I am also four, and twelve, and fifteen, and twenty-three, and thirty-one, and forty-five and . . . and . . . and . . .

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.