Continuing to create music and perform is so important to me for many reasons. I love the interaction and connection I get with people when we perform live. Nothing is more rewarding for me.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

There’s a very deep connection among human beings. All we have to do is open our minds to it.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I’d rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

No matter what happens in life, never lose sight of who you are.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.

The best defense is a good offense.

I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.

Gold will never free your father, the price, my dear, is you instead.

Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact.

There are persons who elected to give their existence to God. They are happy, happy in their self-giving.

If you can draw the stone rightly, everything within reach of art is also within yours.

It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having.

As for Supernatural, I had seen many episodes and enjoyed the show before my audition.

In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.