I take all of my music seriously and personally..

It is by doing anything that we become anyone.

It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively..

Do not let anyone stop you from succeding.

Before we make music, music makes us..

No one actually lives as if there is no objective truth..

What poetry can, must, and will always do for us: it complicates us, it doesn’t ‘soothe.’.

I always do things before I go on a case and when I leave a case. I even do that when I'm out on the road..

I don't like closed systems..

I don't pull, I just receive..

Nobody acts purely selfishly..

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much..

There's a point when you go with what you've got. Or you don't go..

Calamus fortior gladio..

Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren't very many t….

You won't be happy anywhere until you're happy somewhere..

What got you here won't get you there..

I'm the best Manning..

L.A.'s always been good to me..

Now I see -- we are always most revolted by the things hidden within us..

It's vital to learn how to make the best of things..