Paul Simon is my absolute hero. He's one of a kind. He wrote his own ticket in life by being himself.

Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?

I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.

Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.

Follow your heart and you won't get lost.

The ocean inspires me because there's the energy of the water moving.

I used to want to be fully observational, but I'm just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

If I hear a really good song it's like, oh man, I want to write a song that good. But the urge to create mostly comes from nature, weather and I think it just effects me.

Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I'm thankful for that. I haven't lost my head, and I haven't lost my desire to keep growing.

I think most artists would agree, it's one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that's loving it, it's another thing to add cameras, but it's a really cool trade off to be on television.

Dear God, Thank you for waking me up today and for your everlasting love and never ending mercy and for my blessed day ahead.

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.

If we have not changed, we have not learned

If there's nothing to learn because we know it all, what's the challenge? Why would the effort matter? What would be the point? - Odd Thomas

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.

It was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.