The building blocks of meditation are relaxation and concentration. If you cannot relax, you cannot meditate. If you cannot concentrate, you cannot meditate. No exceptions.

We all want results and we want them fast. But, when practicing meditation, impatience is a hindrance.

The moments of peace in between the mental practices are meditation.

Concentration is the doorway through which the meditative state becomes available.

Meditation is… a state that can best be described as deep dreamless sleep while awake.

Whether one is remaining alert (mindfulness), focusing on a single thought or phrase (mantra), or mentally exploring ones inner world (visualization), all are one form of concentration or another.

A great wind is blowing and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy.

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it.

You?' is all I can manage to choke out. 'Always me,' she replies softly, bashfully. 'Who else?

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique.

Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.

If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.

I wrote my 1st song at age 11. I haven't stopped since!

The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves, Foretells a tempest and a blustering day.