Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.

Words matter. Without words you can't have stories and without stories we would never have heard of the Greatcoats.

My mother was always encouraging about my wanting to be an artist.

When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of the mantra and become absorbed in it.

Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job.

The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff is gone; don't lose your mind too.

I still am champion in my own right.

I hope people have pulled something about me and said "Hey Mr. T loves his mother, hey Mr. T ain't no dummy, hey Mr. T never grabbed his crotch," when you're talking about Hip-Hop culture.

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.

Other people's deconstruction of your motivations doesn't help you do what you do. You can't swallow and think about swallowing at the same time.

You rely on a sentence to say more than the denotation and the connotation; you revel in the smoke that the words send up.