People on corporate conveyor belts, like animals in slaughter-chutes are all part of the same big massacre of joy.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.

I wrote my thesis on welfare policy.

Musical theater must adapt to the fact that music is done by people. The new generation will do something different. That is great! That is good.

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

EBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.

Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.

Always think about your future with a smile on your face, because your thoughts will eventually become your future.

Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again.

What I try to push and promote is peace through the whole music industry.