To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

A relationship is a process. If you have nothing to learn - you have a slave to teach. 's why schools are effective.

Why do you put yourself in unsafe places? Because something in you feels fundamentally devoid of worth.

All science is either physics or stamp collecting.

I knew when I got to play with Al Jackson I would be a better bass player because he was the best drummer in the world. I worshipped him.

Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble?

If you want to make money in music, get into the band uniform business.

The worst affected from corruption is the common man.

What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.

True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.