My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument.

I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?

I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new.

I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.

I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning.

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever travel all through the audience and dig whatever it's like out there.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes.

I love the farm, I love growing stuff.

Don't you oh well me, sir, " Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem's fatalistic noises, "you are not old enough to appreciate what I said.

My beloved isn't dazzling light, Darkness is my beloved – The reason I'm so fond of her…

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.

How's Alison getting on?'Conway snorted. 'Tucked up in the sick room like she's dying in some season finale. Little fadey voice on her and all. She's having a great old time.

Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.

I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.

The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

It is a very hard and troublesome thing to dispose of whole, half, and quarter-mistakes; to sift them and assign the portion of truth to its proper place.