I get a lot of joy from playing instruments, and I have a different personality on each instrument. I like to let that come out. I get kind of selfish.

Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

Being free is a state of mind.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.

The ministry of bearing with one another is more than simply tolerating difficult people. It is also learning to hear God speak through them.

So now what?” I ask.She is quiet for a long time, long enough that I assume she’s gone to sleep.“I think this is just part of it, ” she says. “Civilisations fall. People keep going.

Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store.

The very things we wish to avoid, neglect and flee from turn out to be the 'prima materia' from which all real growth comes.

The mad is either insane or he is composing verses.

The law functions as formal embodiment of a moral code, not as free-standing substitute for it.

Struggle isn't fun but it's an opportunity to be brave.

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.