People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,'' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.'' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.

Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever.

Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second.

It's the song in your heart that wants you to help make yourself a better person, and to help other people do the same. Everybody has one.

Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

I want to be remembered as a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.