It feels like some part of me that was curled down and waiting in the dark has risen, and now stands stretching and strong in the sunshine. I knew it.

My mind was in my heart, anchored like a bright kite in a safe place.

Don't let your habits become handcuffs

You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.

People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?

The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.

You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in you, out. Escape into the open.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

I cried until my eyes swelled shut, and then I slept, a black, dreamless sleep from which I awoke amazingly refreshed, at least until I remembered.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

There is love in holding and there is love in letting go.

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

The Universe is difficult to comprehend because it is obvious.

Miles Davis turned his back to the audience when he came out on stage, and he offended people. But, he wasn't there to entertain; he was all about the music. I kind of do that.

Our great country is rich and abundant in so many ways. It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children and families going hungry!

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

We need the rock of the past under our feet in order to spring forward into the future.

You can have a hangover from other things than alcohol. I had one from women.

There is no devil in the universe except mankind's own inharmonious thoughts & feelings, both individual and enmass.

Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together.