I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings. I love what I do so I find ways to keep doing what I love. Music is certainly not all that interests me. I hear things my own way and I present them. Sound is inspiring and I can be quite obssessive with certain sounds.

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

The question is: until reinforced, can we learn the ways of church mice.

Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.

I haven't encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way. I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it's a good idea to know that. It's always good to go with your gift.

I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me. I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.

There's no way to learn how to write a hit song. There's no formula for it. You just have to have it inside of you.

Achievement without fulfillment "High achievement without fulfillment is a broken way of life."

The history of human consciousness is marked by the battle between the old awareness, the ways of fear, and the new awareness, the ways of love.

Ultimate serenity is the coming to rest of all ways of taking things, the repose of named things; no truth has been taught by a Buddha for anyone, anywhere.