You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the motherfucker who plays it is 80 percent.

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

In music, silence is more important than sound.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.

Indeed, Dr Haxhausen fought to preserve his freedom with very good reason, for he required a great deal of it—freedom, not reason—to pursue his plans for the future.

Mistakes from our collective past are like any other: they require intervention--a remedy--to correct. They don't erase themselves over time.

It's either the flu or love... The symptoms are the same.

Within the oyster's shell uncouth The purest pearl may hide, Trust me you'll find a heart of truth Within that rough outside.

On way. He OK? Aeron Coming. Something wrong? Lucian Take me out of your address book. William

I'm not real big on repentence ... I like revenge better.

[I had a]...Second bowl of oatmeal. It was a little bit gloppy.

i'm in love with you, Bella

Last night I made an insensitive comment which I sincerely regret. It was my mistake and I want to apologize to those who were offended.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done