One thing I know that's really cool - it seems to me that Blake Schwarzenbach [Jets to Brazil frontman; ex-Jawbreaker] is someone who's made music that's people continue to take really personally.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

Lo! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand. Secure, insensible.

As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of pain that lives on in you.

There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.

Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was born, and of Galway, where he spent his later years.

I wouldn’t necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.

I prefer her [Nina Simone's] jazz period much more so than her folk period.

I never liked the idea of doing what a machine says. I hate having to salute something built in a factory.

Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen.