You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life.

I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.

It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to.

We could do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.