I almost never shoot people.
Put in an honest day's work. It is the building block of a spiritual life.
If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one.
A student might ask, how long will it take to learn guitar. . . , the answer is, as long as you live - that short.
When you play guitar you are drawing a frame around a moment and saying to the listener, 'Here is how I want you to experience this. How you begin and end a solo is framing, How you structure a song is framing, how you present yourself onstage is framing. See every corner, not just the center, framing should heighten the impact of the art and give clarity to your vision.
The only time and place to find enlightenment is in this moment. No need to check your watch. The time is now.
We take life for granted, sleepwalking until a shattering event knocks us awake. Zen says, don't wait until the car accident, the cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one to get your priorities straight. Do it now.
You have to be courageous in life to allow a lightness to engage your being. It is easy to be a jerk. To be unhappy with all this weird stuff around us just seems to me to be such a waste. That's a jerk.
I've made a few hits where I'll look up at the screen and be like, 'Oh my God. ' Like it wasn't even me, like I just watched another guy kill this guy, and I don't even think that was me that made that hit.
Gifted leadership occurs when heart and head--feeling and thought--meet. These are the two winds that allow a leader to soar.
Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.