I do not believe...I know. I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is far stronger than myself, something that people call God.

The function of music is to quiet and sober the mind, thus rendering it susceptible to divine influences

This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.

You're not going to be able to work this thing out. There's no solution to this mess. The only moment that you can live here comfortably in these absolutely irreconcilable conflicts is when you embrace it all and say, "Look, I don't understand a f---ing thing at all. Hallelujah!"

You know the opportunities bestowed upon people by God are short-lived

One of the things that I adore about myself is sooner or later I come out of the rubble of past defeats and light myself up with a momentum that indefatigably tells me I am so fully alive. I can feel the pulse of my heart and the little goose pimples shivering down my forearms. I can see the nerve and beauty in every green leaf around me. And I can hear jet engines screaming with an unrelenting roar.

This is truly being alive.

I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me! I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry!'

Optimists convert stumbling blocks to stepping stones.

Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.