“Seems like everything lead up to this dayand it's just like every day that's ever been.Sun goin' up and then the sunit goin' down.”

“Its all part of it, man.”

“I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.”

“I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way...”

“I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. Ultimately I don't find it's in my best interests to try and anal...”

“I don't wake up in the morning and say, 'Jeez, I feel great today. I think I'll write a song.' I mean, anything is more interesting to me than writing a song. It's like, 'I think I'd like to write ...”

“It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, theres always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of wh...”

“Being grateful does not mean that everything is necessarily good. It just means that you can accept it as a gift.”

“Everyone enjoys being acknowledged and appreciated. Sometimes even the simplest act of gratitude can change someone's entire day. Take the time to recognize and value the people around you and appr...”

“They had killed themselves over our dying forests, over manatees maimed by propellers as they surfaced to drink from garden hoses; they had killed themselves at the sight of used tires stacked high...”

“The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges.”

“If we cannot accept the importance of the world, which considers itself important, if in the midst of that world our laughter finds no echo, we have but one choice: to take the world as a whole and...”

“I am the perfect version of me.”

“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”

“I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.”