"All music is is what awakes from..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“Of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. Not in him but off from him things are grotesque or eccentric or fail of their sanity.”

“O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?”

“I exist as I am, that is enough.”

“I've written all my songs on every single one of my records, and that's what's been fun about looking back.”

“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”

“Tax not so bad a voice to slander music any more than once.”

“We speak with pride and admiration of that little band of Americans who overcame insuperable odds to set this nation on course 200 years ago. But our glory didn't end with them. Americans ever since have emulated their deeds.”

“we wouldn't ask why a rose that grew from the concrete for having damaged petals, in turn, we would all celebrate its tenacity, we would all love its will to reach the sun, well, we are the roses, this is the concrete and these are my damaged petals, dont ask me why, thank god, and ask me how”

“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”