“When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.”

“A song should stand on its own and on what a singer does with it. It shouldn't need a lot of extra help to be good.”

“My job is to entertain people by playing my music well. You shouldn't really be upset because people like you, should you?”

“If there is one sinor rather one wasteit is not doing what you have the inclination or gift for.”

“I like working alone. I feel freer, less constrained. I know what I have to do and I try to do it. There are no superficial hangups.”

“I like performing because it's direct contact with live people. I write a good deal of the time but that's introspective creation rather than interaction.”

“Those [things] that we encounter for the first time immediately have a spiritual effect upon us. A child, for whom every object is new, experiences the world in this way: it sees light, is attracte...”

“Because your character is always full of ambition, the news of my being locked up must have been much harder on you than it was on me. When I was arrested, it was almost a relief to know that I cou...”

“Spiritual learning is easy when we realize and experience that everything that everyone said about spirituality is already in action within us!!! Seek within rather than outside.”

“The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrificewhatever ...”

“Dear God Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any unpleasant memories and replace them with Your glorious promise of new hope. Show me a fresh HS-inspired way of relating to negat...”

“The most disappointing part of real life is there's no soundtrack.I think life would be far more wonderful if a corresponding song played during key moments to expressed the tone & feeling of the s...”