''Take an example from nature ... birds follow their intuition and take that leap, flap their wings and fly ... be yourself.''

''The man who stands on his own, not belonging to any particular 'group' can be a civilized cultivated individual and feeling in control of his own destiny ... the same man in a crowd can be a barbarian and ceased to be guided by his will but by his 'survival instinct' in the crowd ... look at any political or religious gathering.''

''Generally, it's cowards who can be the greatest and cruelest of bullies.''

''Man ... his beliefs and the beliefs of others will be the death of him.''

''As you get-on in years you become more vulnerable to the mind.''

''Fools will gather around a fire on a sunny day and 'class A' fools will cut the trees to fuel it.''

''When you get 'real' with yourself the world as you know it becomes 'unreal'.''

''It does not make any difference in what you do in what ethics you may live your life by but you still live in your mind.''

''For all the 'bad days' you have there is an equal number of 'good days'.''

''Two men are sitting in a room, one gets up and leaves, does that mean that the one in the room is on his own ... not if he is telling you he is hearing voices in his head.''

''Try to be surprised by something you find in each day ... it helps to get through the rest of the shit.''

''Being an artist is better than being on any physiologists couch.''

''Destiny will 'run' with you in the knowing that you are not afraid to take a chance in your life.''

''Your imagination is someplace to go when you have to stay where you are.''

''The wonder of this world is that you can make art about it.''

''They say God is everywhere but I can tell you for certain that He is not in my bank account.''

''Tomorrow does not exist until it arrives.''

''I am as free as the bird in the cage.''

''Men of God and men of War are both the same man.''

''If you feel like saying something stupid bite down hard on your tongue.''

''Poor people have religion rich people have money.''

''It is better to make your dreams a 'reality' than to 'live' in your dreams.''

''Real courage is living in a world where all human beings are accepted as equal in their beliefs, their culture and skin colour, but some will want to change the world to their way regardless of being human.''

 ''My life as an artist can be quite lonely and so requires a 

toleration and contempt for my own company.''

''If you are trying to live in the 'Now' then you forget there was a past and that there is no future.''

''I have asked myself ... 'where have I gone wrong' ... but that voice in my head tells me ... 'you haven't, this is your journey'.''