It's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. In fact, it's so hard that I actually haven't left yet.

Some people's minds we're not going to change. But if we can't, we need to bring more positive voices into the discussion.

I am a work in progress Dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding Offering me intricate patterns of questions Rhythms that never come clean And strengths that you still haven't seen

I turned my pain into art and my hard work into a career. Helping myself has helped others. helping others has helped me.

[The 'corporate takeover of people's lives'] also accounts for a lot of homogenization of culture. There are fast food restaurants everywhere. Every place tastes the same.

Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there.

Stepped out into the cold, collar high, under the slate gray sky. The air was smoking and the streets were dry, and I wasn't joking when I said goodbye.