The highlight of my career? That's easy, Elvis recording one of my songs.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

The most annoying pain is perceived when a man is living without a purpose.

There was no trust anywhere in the world, O my brothers, the way I could see it.

A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education.

Hate is more lasting than dislike.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

I drank at every vine, the last was like the first. I came upon no wine so wonderful as thirst.

Let your capital be simplicity and contentment.

We kill because we are afraid of our own shadow, afraid that if we used a little common sense we'd have to admit that our glorious principles were wrong.

People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!”

I'm a poet who practices Zen. And it's not, I'm somebody who practices Zen who writes poetry. There's no separation for me.