With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

One of the greatest acts of courage is having to face every day of life feeling unloved.

Looking for the good in everything is equally as misguided as looking for the bad in everything.

Things may move slow in the academic world, but I continue to move at a pace relative to the urgency of the moment, looking forward to the time when the academic world can catch up.

"A creative life is not just for those fictional few who are "touched by the hand of God." We are all touched by the hand of God."

There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith in God.