Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights.

If life ever stops inspiring us to write, it's time to stop doing what we do.

I was in a church choir early on and that really helped me musically in terms of chops, learning how to sing harmonies.

The most important thing to do for me physiologically is to sleep when I'm tired. I love to sleep and it's very restorative.

Begin my studies with the paper and this pencil and i'm working through the grammar of my fears.

Love is selflessness and self-fullness; it can only be known deeply with an open, vulnerable heart.

Now I know why yoga is so life-giving for so many. I have never experienced a practice that combines such physical challenge and spiritual wellbeing in my life.