"Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan."

“Prayer is the hand of faith on the door knob of your heart, inviting Jesus to enter.”

“When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works.”

“People judged my work without to have listened to it.”

“There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience. That's not to say all the songs are biographical, because sometimes it's what I've seen in others' lives.”

“A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.”

Source : "Lower Student Loan Interest Rates" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2012.

“Into the bosom of the one great sea Flow streams that come from the hills on every side, Their names are various as their springs And thus in every land do men bow down To one great God, though known by many names.”

Source : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1927). “The Hindú View of Life: Upton Lectures Delivered at Manchester College, Oxford, 1926”

“Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor, tenderness, and wild mind that his performances are also deep conversations, soul to soul and heart to heart, about the quirks, surprises, and love that brings us most alive. His songs, ranging from the little plastic parts that hold the world together, to what enlightenment comes from Buddha and Betty Boop falling in love, are whimsically and wisely original and enduring.”

“I've approached so many things in my life with such intensity that I want to approach motherhood with dedication and focus.”