Not to be a Bible-thumper, but there really is nothing new under the sun.

Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind

Any ideas of “other” are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of “normal.”

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

I'm becoming more and more apolitical - I think the most revolutionary thing you can do is just live your life and have a good time. Before they scoop you up on the street or you die.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

Music is like a lover that I can't commit to, but I seem to always find myself in bed with.

I am here no longer just a vision birthed into this body I accept my praise, my blame, my joy, my sorrow I realize we are, in truth, the truth we seek God, perfect this very moment.

It's hard being bisexual, omnisexual, multisexual, whatever you want to call it, when people have their agenda and expect you to just represent their agenda.

I stopped beating up on myself. I stopped asking myself why I didn't sell this number of records, why I don't have corporate sponsorship. I just don't buy into any of that anymore.

My legacy is in my family, not in my work. For me. I don't know about for other people. I try to forget a lot.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much

And just like a midsummer nights breeze, she ran away, into the moonlight, a fox, proud and strong. The lone wolf walked away, saddened she was gone.

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants

The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.

An immense body, encircling my delirium, a body made of wind and sunlight, crouching and stretching, encompassed the existence of the slightest human echo.

We all stick up for ourselves and I think that's why we stand out, because we really don't care what other people think.

Equanimity is calamity's medicine.

I don't smoke often, maybe once or twice a month, but it makes me feel sexy and romantic.

Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.