We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.
The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking at the things I could change, like the way research is funded.
The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.
I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine. " It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Do the right thing, and then do the next right thing, and that will lead you to the next right thing after that.
Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.
That Elvis, man, he is all there is. There ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with him. He wrote the book. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now. There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.
I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.
I have a screened in porch, and it's nice to curl up with a book outside when it's raining, especially an old battered classic like 'Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.
I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.