I've done the performing monkey stuff and massive breakdowns, it's just they weren't documented.

For me to speak out against the war in Iraq, you know - most of my fans are lefties anyway, so I don't really get much flack for it.

It will be interesting to see what the long term fruits of our national apathy will be, 'cos so far they've been pretty foul.

One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability.

There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism.

Honestly, the most vulnerable part of my life is probably just honest expression, as cliché as that might sound.

So man's insanity is heaven's sense, and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God.