Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other.

I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way

I have tried, in all the ways I can, to make timeless music.

I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries.