I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.

My thoughts and wishes are all that surrounds, mysteries hold you then fly you away. You know you are my life, my lady of dreams.

Some people haven't got a life, I suppose. They want to be on the road all the time.

The secret of poetry is cruelty.

I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you're blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.

It is just a wonderful, wonderful time to be alive and to be able to be part of the ever-growing spiritual awareness that is happening around the world.