This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that's why I sing. Whether it's at the Grammys, whether it's in the bathroom, whether it's in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru's grace, my head stays in that place.

There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.

Chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it. That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff’. You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.

Hanuman not only gives liberation, he also fulfills our beneficial desires.

Compassion is a college education. It's a doctorate.

When our desires are fulfilled, and we still feel unhappy - this is the moment we begin the process of letting go.

If I had been born in Germany with family of Nazis and if I had been raised with those beliefs, there was very little chance that I wouldn't be exactly like all those guards and all those people who tortured everybody.