As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.

The very first part in healing is shattering the silence.

You can't change the past so change something you can. the future!

I think repressing what happened is what saved me in my childhood. I was able to use my imagination to create happy events, but a little girl can carry only so much on her own.

Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.

Let's start with what we can be thankful for & get our mind into that vibration and then watch the good that starts to come because one thought leads to another

The soul of animals is characterized by two faculties, (a) the faculty of discrimination which is the work of thought and sense, and (b) the faculty of originating local movement.

I sort of feel I'm only as good as the last record I made. I was on as soon as I finish it I immediately put it aside and move on to the next project.

I'm not irreplaceable ... I'm nothing but grass growing on the ground; when the grass dies, another one replaces it.

Music is my personal addiction. So much of everything I've done has only been to open more doors for the music itself. It all gets back to the fact that I am, first of all, a songwriter and a singer.

Creating art alone doesn't seem to fill us up, in my opinion, until we begin to truly communicate with it.

As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey.

Spend as much time enjoying the meal as it took to prepare it

What society needs is broad men sharpened to a point.

Love is the sun, desire - only flash.