Shatter the icons of slavery and fear. Replace the leer of the minstrel's burnt-cork face with a proud, serene and classic bronze of Benin.

O, here's the shoe my baby wore, but, baby, where are you?

Even though I seem not human, a mute shelfof glucose, bottled blood, machineryto swell the lung and pump the heart—even so, do not put out my life. Let me still glow.

Nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to follow the path that leads to himself.

Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than that caused by the strike of the blade of a sword.

In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood

The madrigore of verjuice must be talthibianised.

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.

Very few things in life matter.

The right hon. Gentleman [Sir Robert Peel] caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.

When you're comfortable in your own skin, you look beautiful, regardless of any flaws.

At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist.

When the path becomes difficult, that's no reason to give up. In fact, it means you're making real progress.