I've been very fortunate to work with people that I'm fans of.

Understand the now. Don't even worry about five seconds later, worry about now.

A lot of times I pick passion projects but at the end of the day, I don't think much of what's going to work, I want to think about how it feels to do the work.

When you sit and write a song, sit and write the best song you can write, just try and write it and be connected.

It is beautiful to own your own destiny and be able to do what you feel in your heart. To have that and not do it? THAT is crazy to me.

There's nothing better than now.

Have you worked towards your dream today? Alan Shepherd

We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination

The loss of psalmody in the church is one of the early indicators of the loss of faith.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness.

Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.

Every sentence must do one of two things-reveal character or advance the action.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.