Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.

I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.

You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.

Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can't have it both ways.

Blues was my first love. It was the first thing where I said, 'Oh man, this is the stuff.' It just sounded so raw and honest, gut-bucket honest. From then I started rebelling.