"Peace Within. Peace Without. Mi Zai"

“If you're in music for the right reasons, you don't pay much attention to the grueling industry. For sure, it's great to have your work appreciated, but it should never be the driving factor. If you don't depend solely on affirmation from the industry to continue to find love in what you do, then you can have as along of a career as you want. I've always been in this for the music and that won't change.”

“Life isn't always smooth. If it were, we would never grow & develop as human beings. If we succeed, we are envied; if we fail, we are ridiculed & attacked. Sadly, this is how people are. Unexpected grief & suffering may lie ahead of you. But it is precisely when you encounter such trying times that you must not be defeated. NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER RETREAT!”

“We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves.”

Source : Group interview, www.insidehoops.com. March 30, 2005.

“Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“Man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged only by chance. Neither his destiny nor his duty have been written down. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.”

“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”

“A pretty girl is certainly comparable to a good horse.”

“I feel like in every song I write, I always write a little darker bit.”