When I think of Spirit, I think of that mysterious force that pulls us into being, into becoming, into love. That can get political rather quickly.

You make beautiful things, You make beautiful things out of the dust

Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.

The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.

Any religious, philosophical or political idea that doesn't lead one towards love ought to be forsaken

Faith comes from listening to the right stories.

Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.

Spend your energy on things you believe in, and do them honestly and to the best of your ability.

Art is the body's pronunciation of the soul.

Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.

Pain is as common as skin, we all experience it. It unites us all. Fortunately, that's not the whole story.

You cannot hinder someone’s free will, that’s the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.

Hope is like a beautiful flower. If we take great care of our hope, life could be a beautiful garden.

Twas hard to dislike a man she so enjoyed in bed. Twas harder still to dislike one who kept showing her a more gentle side to his nature

I never thought of retiring. I'm a racer.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

Never deceive a friend.

I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself.

Sometimes it's the people you can't help who inspire you the most.

The Bible tells us that the sins of the fathers are passed to succeeding generations. The virtues of the fathers can be passed along, too.

Americans are generally very self-sufficient and I think generally averse to pretension, just as I am.