I'm in a contented, loving relationship, but that doesn't mean I'm not struggling with other things that are going on around me in the world.

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

My mission is to make the external God of human society obsolete in front of humanity’s internal Godliness.

Reality means you live until you die...the real truth is nobody wants reality.

But, someone, please give me—who is born again but still so much in need of being born anew—give me the details of how to live in the waiting cocoon before the forever begins?

We have reduced the understanding of prayers to incantations.

When you decide clearly and definitely what you want, then no sacrifice is too great as you put all of your powers into astounding results.

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

Skepticism is not a position; skepticism is an approach to claims, in the same way that science is not a subject but a method.

Information is information; it is neither matter nor energy.

I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child you're not acting - you believe. Ah, if an adult could only act as a child does with that insane, playing-at-toy- soldiers concentration!

I don't think there's anything better than hearing your favorite band live.