I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.

Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.

The whole point of working and practicing your whole life is so that you're ready when that moment arrives; when the inspiration arrives, you are ready to be at the disposal of inspiration.

Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language.

Spirituality is worthless if it's not practical. Music is my work. I am a musician.

I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not the notes of a scale hooked together?

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'

There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.

I'm not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we're all connected in some way and hopefully my music can integrate that feeling of human connectedness.

I believe everybody is spiritual and no one is any more spiritual than anyone else.

I'm never trying to preach to anybody with my music, but I'm aware of the universal nature of the human experience and I try to reach out and connect with people in that manner.

I love you too, Will Blakelee, " she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

Where's your sense of misadventure?

A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.

The known universe always feels easier even when it's miserable.

In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God.

There was one moment when J. Edgar Hoover and us had the same distorted lens about who we were - "a real threat," you know? He thought so and we thought so and we were buddies in that regard.

Heaven and the spirit world are much more real, beautiful and lasting than the world which you can see with your natural eyes at this very moment.

We don't have to struggle or force situations to go our way. Instead, we can intend for everything to work out as it should, take action, and then allow opportunities to spontaneously emerge.

There is no point in being precise if you do not even know what you are talking about.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.