People talk about "job creation," as if that had ever been the aim the industrial economy. The aim was to replace people with machines.
Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
God isn't trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.
Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.
See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.
But I contend that the disgusting behavior of many of their alleged 'holy men' relieves us of any intellectual obligation to take the stuff seriously. No amount of sanctimonious rationalization can make such behavior anything but pathological.
I try to keep my eyes and ears open all the time for the bones of my next song: things people say, melodies I hear in my head, and little musical parts I may stumble across. I write them down or record them on my phone. Whatever I need to do to keep the idea for later when I have the time to sit down with it. So writing for me is a 247 pursuit.
Be natural and use your head.
I never liked mellow sounding guitar.