I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary? When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long poem about everything.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.

I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we've made of them...The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.

The end comes when the infinites arrive.

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

When it comes to emotions, women know how to paint with the full set of oils, while men are busy doodling with crayons.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full of knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.

Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures. That is contentment.

Love the hair. Love when it’s out of control. It’s like seeing a side of you that needs to come out more often.

Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of the thing seen. Then only could the real meaning of it be understood and felt.

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

It is the pain of ignorance which makes one into a seeker.

Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.

I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm looking now. I might get a condo.