I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.

It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.

If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.

I'm not trying to pull the rug out from under anybody, but the music really does tell you where to go.

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.

Only through the conversion of time can territories be conquered.

We’re all given gifts in life, it’s what we do with them that shows us what we’ve learned.

Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.

To love someone is nothing, to be loved by someone is something, to love someone who loves you is everything.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.

It's kind of a reflex for me to ignore my own wishes and think about other people first.

Reagan "has conducted an arms race on earth," boomed Mondale. A race generally implies two parties. The Soviets contributed a little bit to this problem, if Mondale had not noticed.

The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.

My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes.