The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Freedom and independence form my character.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

When I give, I give myself.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Everything you can imagine is real.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.