They liked the thought of riding around the countryside dispensing justice under a banyan tree.

A person who's dispensing justice for that period of time, he's going to have influence.

Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I don't claim responsibility and don't hold any great truck with.

I was hanging onto that tree and I prayed. Dude, I prayed so good I thought I might become a preacher.

To rise above tree line is to go above thought, and after, the descent back into birdsong, bog orchids, willows, and firs is to sink into the preliterate parts of ourselves.

If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.