I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.
One does not kill by anger but by laughter.
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.
There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.
I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market. But the problem is that it's all backwards. It's not that you do the right thing and hope it pays off; the morally right thing is by definition the thing that gives the biggest payoff.
Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind,. . . But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!
Every personal experience of my life impacts my music.
God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.