The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.