That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time.

The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.

What makes a song last is real content from a mind that is thinking a little bit harder about certain things. A lot of artists don't really think that hard.

All thinking begins with wondering.