Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic.
These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now. There is no past, there's only future, there's only here, there's only now.
Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, ease my troubles, that's what you do.
You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.
Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do. " (Leroy Eims)
During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins of the body.
In a perfect union the man and woman are like a strung bow. Who is to say whether the string bends the bow, or the bow tightens the string?
And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people its not, but for me its a choice, and you dont get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if its a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesnt matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not.