There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

I like down-to-earth people.

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.

I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.

I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

I wasn't a very good teacher.

Why does one ruminate about the past? He is treating his wounded egoism.

Because I have forgiven my past, and God has forgiven my past, no person on earth can make me denounce my past. It's what made me who I am today.

With diligent, you will master the act.

In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.

The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you.

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.

Every battalion has its marching songs.

Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.