A more happy mind leads to quietness and clarity. And that clarity helps you have a greater capacity to do more and to become more successful and more giving.

You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual.

Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.

Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America.

If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.

The difference between blues, jazz, rock n' roll and rap is that rap stayed poor. Even the white rappers are poor. It's scarier to look at poor people; it makes everyone uncomfortable. Their pain is something that people would like to see swept under the rug.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self