Though in many of its aspects this visible world seems formed in love, the invisible spheres were formed in fright.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

We live with the key purpose of receiving the approval of those around us because we don’t know who we are in reality

Revolutions arise from obstinacy. People are dissatisfied with what they are told and they develop new ideas.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

I have never seen a major trial which lacked significant perjury, and I have yet to see that perjury punished.

The Sister Fund supports spiritual women and their organizations, both grassroots activists for justice, and national and international social change agents.

Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from behind.

A good deed is a good deed.

Where else could one find such a perfect combination of American values -- racism, militarism, capitalism -- all packaged in one 'ideal' symbol, a woman.

Fitness plays such an important role in my life, and an integral part of my golf structure, that I think I might be quite good at teaching others the benefits of sport and fitness.

The center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth.