"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."

"Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now."

"Today the U.S. is farther from being nourished by poetry than it was a hundred years ago, when books of poems were best-sellers."

"The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy."

"Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God."

"For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ."

"I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be."

"Music is really something that makes people whole."