When I'm preparing for a swim, I imagine absolutely everything about it: the color of the water, how cold it is, the taste of salt in my mouth. I visualize each and every stroke.

There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.

If we pass on an unsustainable environment to our children we have failed them.

We need to save the Arctic not because of the polar bears, and not because it is the most beautiful place in the world, but because our very survival depends upon it.

Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.

If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the beach in England.

Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.

The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right.

The importance of music extends well beyond its performance.

The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.

The blues is also existential and offers a sense of mature reflection that enabled it to be the leitmotif of modern life.

It's not a secret that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things.

Listen to the way people talk. If your characters sound real the rest is easy.

Our brains are too slow to register that every concrete object is winking in and out of existence at the quantum level thousands of times per second.

Take my verses too serious ya hate me, cause I'm the one to paint a vivid picture, no HD.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.

But what difference does it make? ... When you're mixed, you see how absurd this business of race is.

I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get.

There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance.

I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts.