Sometimes the entire thing comes out in one burst. Sometimes you hack away at a thing for years before you get something that satisfies you.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.

Don't waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power - it's time.

I think ideas are still the most powerful things on the planet, and music is a great way to transmit them.

I don't think being angry is useful or healthy, and usually when I get angry, my brain just goes right out the window. Boom, as soon as the adrenaline hits, instant stupid. Just add water and mix.

I'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

"It can't happen here" is number one on the list of famous last words.

Largely I write from life. ... I write from what happens to me. Mostly about love. People notice the other stuff more but I write mostly about love.

I want to go to Africa and find a really great hotel with good food right above a water hole where I can sit, have breakfast, and just watch the elephants play in the water.

Always please God FIRSTAll the timeEvery time

Even in the middle of a hopeless darkness a light may suddenly reach you

Learn the rules of the game and become a better player.

To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you inner state at any given moment. That means now

I feel that all revolutionary causes should start with addressing misogyny.

I need more time to develop as a player and as a person.

Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize

Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

When Bird came on the scene, it was just as shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark, and then the light appeared for the first time.