I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.

If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one day and expect to eat the next, it is not even intelligent, let alone civilized.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult.

Our politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.

I quite like mistakes. I think they're human.