I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results.

I take it not only a day at a time, but a moment at a time, and keep it at that pace. If you can be happy right now, then you’ll always be happy, because it’s always in the now

If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they're gone.

If you’re not crazy there’s something wrong with you. Willie Nelson

There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

Be gentle with your words - you can't take them back.

Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

He let Julius go. There was beginning to rise in him a feeling of profound disgust--a kind of hatred almost, of himself, of Julius, of everything.

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

I think people underestimate the value of collaboration, especially for writers.

In the spiritual search doubt is beneficial, a closed mind is not. Doubt used wisely assists enlightenment; a closed mind assists ignorance.

If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, fire next time.

Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat.

A: Set the pace and rule the race. Seek new ways to differentiate, new ways to surprise and delight your customers.

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.

How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight of what consumes and excites their inner drive.

What the hell is wrong with him now?