My kids and my wife make me feel vulnerable.

I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life.

Whether I'm stressed out or angry or happy or depressed - however I feel, I say "I love my life," no matter what. That usually keeps me centered.

How do I not get so wrapped up in what I think needs to happen? Going with the flow is the way to do it.

Nothing is for sure. Change is the only thing that is the absolute.

As an artist and a songwriter myself, I like to feel connected to modern culture and watch how sounds change.

I love just going out; long drives, the ocean, my kids, new music, new gear, new plug-ins, coffee, and donuts at four in the morning. Even just waking up and writing.

I've learned that each day is definitely a gift.

I do pranayama breathing now as a meditation, and that's very helpful. Meditating changed my life.

Walking my dogs, playing with my kids - all of that is really good stuff to keep me centered.

I meditate every day for between ten to twenty minutes. Every morning, I work out and go to the gym for an hour. I pray to the architect that designed me. I'm grateful.

We didn't talk much, and the silence hung like a silk curtain, light and lovely.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

There is something in us that loves certain disasters and the fever of this moment and surrendering to that.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it.

Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system.

I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time

I have never really encountered anybody that was rude to me. Well, not to my face anyway.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render.