In order for someone to follow you, you must be true to heart and purpose. This is true in any relationship. Someone may follow you for awhile without it, but not a lifetime.

Be strong within ones self, but never forget where ones true strength comes from.

Remember the order of life. Sometimes we forget how it was intended to be.

Life isn't just a gift, it's an abundant series of more gifts (i.e. Feather Presents) than one can count

Live large!!! In your mind, not in your body.

Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.

One desire, my friends, one: to kill yourself. You must desire this. You must feel that a voyage of discovery is more important than all the little trips which the normal consumer self wants to buy.

The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.

He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.

He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.

Handshakes and hugs will always trump likes and shares.

Picturing things, taking a view, is what makes us human; art is making sense and giving shape to that sense. It is like the religious search for God.

When I've had a meltdown, people will say to me, "Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor."

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.