“I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I’m ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life.”

Physically my brain is in great shape. My motor functions are fine, but I think going through the whole ordeal… coming pretty close to death, may have affected my priorities.

I’ve been playing the drums since age nine.

When Mama starts to move across a room, people pay attention. You can never be sure she’s not going to grab you by the top of the head to steady herself. And she’s pretty free with that walking stick, too.

To live and die amongst foreigners may seem less absurd than to live persecuted or tortured by one’s fellow countrymen….

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

I think that what we want to do as we continue to move forward is look at the various points that have been made.

This time you’ve dug yourself an anchor too heavy to move ahead with.

When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself.

In life you are either growing or rotting. You’re moving forward or backwards; there is no standing still.

In a world moving so fast, with the growth of technology and information,