That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.

I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.

You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

I think love has something to do with allowing a person you claim to love to enter a larger arena than the one you create for them.

Let your soul be your pilot.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors.

Our service for one another is a service to humanity.

When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases.

My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.

This isn't even something I've feared, because I never knew it was a possibility.

I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that's when I started getting my own style.

I think science is real. And I think it's important that we grip this and deal with it, both at home and abroad.

Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.

Be original, stop pretending to be someone you are not, be your own light in this world.

The moment I saw her again, I knew that it's gonna be more fun to live my life now.