I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.

I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir.

Sometimes you have to do things when sad things happen.

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.