I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

The skyline is etched in my veins. You can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Keep focused, keep your eyes on the prize.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup

Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.

I realized that cats make a perfect audience, they don't laugh at you, they never contradict you, there's no need to impress them, and they won't divulge your secrets.

Awareness must be like the rays of the sun: extending everywhere, illuminating all.

Travel spoils you for regular life.

His mind was indeed my library, and whenever it was opened to me, I entered bliss.

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.

I have a carpool with a corrections officer and a construction worker. My kids get to see that we're not segregated based on wealth or standing. It's very cool.

No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

I was listening to this record by Paul Desmond called First Place Again. It's incredibly gorgeous. There is nothing better that you would want to get from music than you get from that record.