When we think of digitally disconnecting and inviting presence into our lives, we are creating the conditions of integration within and between.

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to say the least. We can show people being murdered on television, but I'm not able to say "chickenshit" in public. At the same time, I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

America's a very traumatized society.

All of my unconscious fears were in my face about letting go of the current identity. A lot of the thoughts that came up were fear-based and false, so I had to work to let them go.