I think that layers in music, whether it's layers juxtaposing emotions and feelings or layers of texture, make for a more interesting product.

The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say

If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.

I didn't study music. I literally lived it.

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.

I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

As a visual arts teacher, I have to keep my mind open. I have explores styles from pointillism to cubism.

Acknowledgment--being seen and heard and witnessed inside the truth about one's own life--is the only real medicine of grief.

Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.

I'm stuck in between a nightmare and lost dreams

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.

You are growing into consciousness, and my wish for you is that you feel no need to constrict yourself to make other people comfortable.

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing business at all.

Being natural is one of the most irritating poses I know in people.

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into. You have to behave your way out of it.

What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.

It is important to appreciate beauty, even when it is evil.