Essentially, a good idea is one that eliminates pain and suffering. We're all slogging through this mess of mortality, and any help we get is better than nothing. If it benefits your thinking and benefits your existence, if it entertains you and makes you feel better, it's good, and I think the arts can do that better than anything else.
-Mike Nesmith

We are the music we play. We keep trying to purify our music, to purify ourselves, so that we can move ourselves, and those who hear us, to higher levels of peace and understanding.
-Albert Ayler

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman