You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money..

If you can't understand the blues, you don't know much.

Do not allow watching food to replace making food..

Dark and lonely. I need somebody to hold me.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford..

Sometimes a slight pace change is all you need to snap out of a mental or pyhsical funk..

I had to fight for wingdings. Batman needs to curse sometimes!.

If you want to bring a fundamental change in people's belief and behavior...you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can b….

To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me - not success..

By nature I'm not a brooder..

Life's about changing. Nothing ever stays the same..

A-not-complete-unit, or a new unit. The elements in the 3 parts should neither fit nor not fit together. One would like not to be led. Avoid the idea….

Take what you got and fly with it..

Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer..

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well..

If my day, week, or year is going badly, I need not ask of each negative episode or situation whether it has racial overtones..

I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand..

Keep in mind that you don't need to be addicted to money in order to acquire it. You can prefer to have money; you will then be able to enjoy whateve….

unrequitted love amuses me.

I own more shotguns than I need. But less shotguns than I want..