“I think that we honor ourselves by honoring our past.”

Be respected as being new, and probably a decent change or a help for the human race or whatever, instead of keep carrying the same old burdens around with you.

I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes.

Genealogists live in the past lane.

We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds. ‘Cause there are so many sleeping people.

Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you’ll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you’re gonna be rewarded.

The story of love is hello and goodbye, until we meet again.

When I’m sad, she comes to me with a thousand smiles.

Don’t use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers.

I was thinking too fast. It seems like a person has the tendency to get bored, because he always wants to try to do all these accomplishments.

If it was up to me, there wouldn’t be no such thing as the establishment.

I’m a million miles away, and at the same time I’m right here in your picture frame.

My sons and their wives landed on Mars to start another race.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

You have to forget about what other people say, when you’re supposed to die, or when you’re supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things.

My own thing is in my head. I hear sounds and if I don’t get them together nobody else will.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

Everything that is happening at this moment is a result of the choices you’ve made in the past.

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That’s why I tend to forget my songs.

We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.

Don’t be afraid to shed the leaves of your past decisions, so you can thrive in this new season.

However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.

Forget about the past. It does not exist, except in your memory. Drop it. And stop worrying about how you’re going to get through tomorrow. Life is going on right here, right now – pay attention to that and all will be well.

If we want a new future that does not look like our past, we must make new choices in the present.

To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we’re holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.