Too many codeine pills, Too many nights of cold chillsToo many weak-handed dealsToo many lives, the addict steals

I’m in love with my corporate girlfriend, with the Cyclops heart

When Pisces go to war, there’s never a shortage of broken hearts.

What simple andordinary lives we live, underneath the shadowsof projection screenartists

Because any guilt the sizeof a speck of dust, or shame, can crush even the best of men, in mountains of weight

America—where we hate our fathers, love our mothers, andeveryone is hung up on tryingto be a man

The gift of God is grace.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

It was definitely in my mind to do a solo album, but I didn't know it would take this long.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted A vision without action is merely a dream Action, it's the grind, it's the hustle, it's the persistence

I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.

But people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special

The incarnate Word is with us, is still speaking, is present always, yet leaves no sign but everything that is.

Meditate upon the guru as the glow of your awareness.