Morally considered, laughter is next to the Ten Commandments.
When there's no information and the compass turns to nowhere that you know well, let your soul be your pilot.
I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
Takes more than combat boots to make a man.
I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it because that's where the mystery is. What is music? It's a journey.
Security in human systems we're told will always, always last. Emotions are the sail, and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.
I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.
I've had soccer moms come up and tell me they can relate when I say that I want to throw my baby in the trash.
When you have done everything that you can do, surrender. Give yourself up to the power and energy that's greater than yourself.
When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far. . . I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.