"Be original, stop pretending to be someone you are not, be your own light in this world."

“Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal.”

“I stay way from that area, and there's only so many songs you can write about love, sex and death.”

“Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.”

“Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which become forever indissoluble, continuing after death in a future state of existence ... I would apply this ingenious idea to the generation, or production of the embryon, or new animal, which partakes so much of the form and propensities of the parent.”

“Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.”

“We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur”

“You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.”

“Shane - who knows about Shane? Planet Shane is a lovely place a long way from here.”