Musicians

"I like the people who go the extra mile to find something more individual, with more integrity, than the stuff you get in the charts."

"It is time to reassess what has happened in the 20th century, and to look at it with a longer lens."

"Whatever you like at age 16, you will find boring at age 32."

"Punk was predicated on non-musicianship."

"If you're going to make music, you need to find the context in which it might be enjoyed."

"Music is for sharing with people."

"I'd rather lie down than jump up."

"We've had 70 years of making records. Now, we sample them."

"It's time to lie down and be counted."

"Live the Dream, Dream the Fish"

"I Think, Therefore I Ambient"

"Here's three samples, now go and make a record."

"It's a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well."

"I remember a few years ago I was watching this astronaut from the space shuttle, talking about his experiences in space and talking about what earth looked like to him from above."

"The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life."

"That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true."

"Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all."

"On the plane home I remember thinking that I am who I am because I have faith in myself, and it has always been the possibility of emotionally rewarding the experiences that has encouraged me to gamble on myself; those experiences have made all that I do worthwhile."

"My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones."

"We're all capable if we have faith and passion."

"Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life's problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works."

"Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself."

"Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are."

"I've always lived in the moment."

"All I had to do was do it."

"It seems that in every culture, however tough life is and however impossible the conditions, there are some resilient human beings who find their way through, who survive and make something of themselves."

"If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing."

"These changes are part of what keeps me interested and excited. Life won't let me keep coming at it from the same angle."

"You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new."

"The engaged mind stays sharp and retains tremendous capacity."

"I don't have a "you can't do this" voice in my head."

"Endurance is mind over matter."

"I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn't put together everyone else's "facts" and believe that winning was impossible."

"Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - "this is just the way it is" - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver."

"Passion is the fuel."

"All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent."

"I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us."

"You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed."

"I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened."

"Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better."

"You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves."

"I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish."

"The most important battle is one to conquer yourself."

"My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well."

"The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be."

"My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal about which way you're going. Just go. It's very easy."

"Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible."

"I would like to leave you with a couple of thoughts:"

"I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe."

"Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control."