I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.

The only incontrovertible fact of my work is the importance of life.

Memories are the only real gifts we can leave our children.

We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.

When I die I'm going to dance first in all the galaxies...I'm gonna play and dance and sing.