I think the common experience is that modern shamans are called by the spirits

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

I don’t care who you love, what you believe, how you look, where you’re from or what you do. If you are a good hearted person, you’re good in my books!

Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with.

Then let amourous kisses dwell On our lips, begin and tell A Thousand and a Hundred score A Hundred and a Thousand more

Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.

Some of these people make my skin crawl.

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.

I do quite a lot of flying in my concerts.

You won't hear any more alcohol songs from Snoop Dogg - unless I stumble upon some Hennessy.