Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.
Create a paradise anywhere you go.
Today has never happened and it doesn't frighten me.
I'm not as religious as some people about "the album. " To be honest, that was a product of a format. You had vinyl, and you could fit five songs on each side, and that's 45 minutes. You had A-side songs and B-side songs; I always loved the first song on side B. And there's nothing wrong with that. Prog albums of the 70s adapted to that format very much. But not all musicians want to create 45 minutes of music that has to be listened to in chronological order.
Love is a two way dream.
Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.
You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something.
No terrain is too bleak, no distance too far that it will stop God from rescuing His own.
The living conditions of the poor must be improved if we really want to save our environment
Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.
I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.