Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

One of my favorite quotes ever was from Slash from Guns and Roses and he said 'to be truly iconic, you need to be able to recognized in a silhouette'

If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.

Take criticism, smash it into dust. Add color and use it to paint breathtaking images of unicorns frolicking through endless fields of greatness.

Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.

I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional

Never take a person away from the music they love.

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

I'm just tired; I just want the world to be quiet for a bit.

There's a lot that's happened in my life that maybe I didn't want to happen, but I suppose it's led me to exactly where I am now.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

Yes We Can!

Jack Speight undid me, then I almost undid myself. But I've undone some of the bad, too, some of the damage. With help. With luck and love.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

Still, in the end, we all die just the same.

The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'

I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness.

The traveller knows not who may be concealed by the innumerable trunks and the thick boughs overhead; so that with lonely footsteps he may yet be passing through an unseen multitude.

My juicer is not meant to squeeze lemons; it is meant to start conversations.

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget!

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.