Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

The secret to happiness is the journey, not the destination.

When we learn of Him, we see the things that we do wrong, we see what things need to be corrected in our way of thinking and our way of living.

Be optimistic. Surely, you will reach your goals by the grace of God.

Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer.

You show me a boy who brings a snake home to his mother and I'll show you an orphan.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

There is no nobler deed than the performance of one's duty.

I'll find you. Don't worry. Just be on your own and I'll find you.

It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.