Tomorrow is in the wings waiting for you to sound her entrance fanfare.

There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1.

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.

Sacred heart begets happiness.

Little Alice fell d o w nthe hOle, bumped her head and bruised her soul

No one predicts the future. No one tries to.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.

That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.

We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its searing power transform us.

You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question, we being to fear what our next step will be.

It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.