I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.

If you have nothing but love for your avocados, and you take joy in turning them into guacamole, all you need is someone to share it with.

I won't give up. Even if the skies get rough.

I buy records from all across the board. I get kind of a hybrid of influences in my own music.

You can turn off the sun, but I'm still gonna shine

Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.

Open up your heart and the sky is yours.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.

Life can't work for you if you don't show up as you.

Lucky to have been where I have been

Reading is an activity of civilized beings.

True joy, as it turns out, comes only to those who have devoted their lives to something greater than personal happiness.

It is foolish to play with God, he is not a man, God’s laws do not change and His word is steadfast

Learn to love yourself for you cannot give to others what you do not possess.

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

As a rule lawyers tend to want to do whatever they can to win.

The White House was signaling that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was of such urgency that it had priority over the crushing of al Qaeda.

Let some people get rich first.

In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod.

I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.