Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical.

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

I'm one of those people that if you're told that if you put your hand in the fire, you'll burn your hand, I won't listen.

And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.

I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.

Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Self-imposed insanely impossible deadlines often help.

He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows he breathes but does not live.

Look what I’m dealing with, man, I’m dealing with fools and trolls.

one who makes no mistakes makes nothing

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed

Choose the whole of your environment, things and events, based upon the value, meaning and function they hold. Do not allow obligation or immediacy to bind you to physical things or specific actions.

The first thing you have to do is acknowledge the basic and fundamental goodness of all beings. If you don't, then you are going to have conflict. That's at the core of Shambhala.

I don't think music is done by any means. I would love to do it again but it's finding the right thing.