When I die, I want them to play The Black and Crazy Blues, I want to be cremated, put in a bag of pot and I want beautiful people to smoke me and hope they got something out of it.

I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.

We are all driven by an invisible whip. Some run, some have fun, some are hip, some tip, some dip, but we all must answer to the invisible whip.

Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.

What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note!

I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here.

Imagine all the wondrous things your arms might embrace if they weren't wrapped so tightly around your struggles.

A girl who truly knows herself is a girl that everybody else wants to know.

An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

I go crazy trying to energize people, 'cause that's what I am. I'm a battery. If you're down, you can plug into me and get charged up.

When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and stuffed animals, pretend like they're real dogs.

Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.

I would have been content with any job however thankless, in any quarter however remote, if I had a chance of making a corner of the desert blossom and the solitary place glad.

My warning is: Be careful Angela Merkel. If you don't see the suffering that has been imposed on the rest of the European people, then Germany will make itself hated.

Working with kids is usually very fun. They get so into movie and they're up for anything. Usually they're having such an exciting experience, everybody feels that.