The only way to not get criticized is to not do anything.

There's no question that the number one contributor to climate change is livestock production. The quickest way to make an effect is to immediately start on a vegan diet.

I truly believe in the law of attraction and that we live in a multi-dimensional existence beyond the confines of ego-based thinking.

The path of love is not for the faint of heart. It is tested and pushed over and over again.

Read. Read until your eyes are sore. Then read some more.

Reading as an adult, for pleasure, is infinitely better than reading the stuff assigned to you back in school. You get to choose what you want to read.

Happiness doesn't just happen. I'm convinced that for the most part, those who focus their minds on it, obtain it.

And hope is but a dream of those that wake.

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

I think quite spiritually of myself. I feel like I'm here to support the human evolution.

How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community.

You have to take positions on bills. There is no button for maybe or possibly.

There are poems about the internet and about the shipping forecast but very few by women celebrating men.

Passion will make you crazy, but is there any other way to live?

There's a fine line between cultural criticism and bitterness.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.