You probably have started losing touch with humility when your friends start avoiding you without telling you why.

I also have a routine with breathing and visualization techniques that I go through when I feel overwhelmed or nervous.

Do not give way to lowness while you are young. Rise up on the strength of God and resolve to conquer.

you have to play it out sometimes.

Within neoliberal narratives, youth are mostly defined as a consumer market, a drain on the economy, or stand for trouble.

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

You remind me of everything that followed.

Most guys at Berklee are going to wind up truck drivers.

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.

Be non-trend-driven, and explore, be creative and take risks as an artist and as a cultural communicator.