The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist were great enough to summon it.

Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures peace is our gift to each other.

One wants to be together with one's family. That's what families are about.

Education is a vaccine for violence.

True love usually results in a hostage situation.

The world is more outlandish than some people’s imaginations.

The divine is in all things.

I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

And let them pass, as they will too soon, With the bean-flowers' boon, And the blackbird's tune, And May, and June!

I get blamed for things I have nothing to do with.

I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.