Words

  No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. – Carl Jung I spend every spring/fall season playing rock ’n’ roll and speaking at high schools about “financial literacy”—a very unsexy and non-rock ’n’ roll-sounding term. Please read instead: hope, justice, income inequality—leveling the playing field for the least among us. Our … Read More

(Things I have borrowed, begged, and stolen from books, movies, conversations, etc.)   Unforgiveness is like shooting yourself and waiting for the other person to die. —The Doc Worry about your audience too much and you won’t have one. Maturity is the ability to reject good opportunities in the pursuit of even better ones. —Ray Dalio I believe that if … Read More

Strange sayings, silly puns, the rhyme game… With long hours to kill moving town to town, you’ll take anything to clear out the fog that sets over you after months on the road. One of the best ways to keep things light is the use of colorful language. There’s so many funny and interesting sayings across the country, it’s always … Read More

  “Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.” —Albert Einstein When it feels like the world is jumping off a cliff, nothing is easier to subscribe to than cynicism. I must admit inside of my songwriting, lyrics, and general worldview, I tend to dwell on the dark side. I have forever adored songwriters, artists, comedians … Read More

  The Danger of Unregulated Social Media and Curated News Feeds “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” —Unknown (often attributed to Twain or Churchill) “There’s even some evil mothers gonna tell you that everything is just dirt.” —Lou Reed, “Sweet Jane” A couple of days after we moved to Tennessee … Read More

Last week I talked about turning off the constant chatter, the bells and whistles of social media, advertising, robocalls, etc. That was the kiddie pool. We are jumping back into the deep end this week, sports fans. 🙂 This week I want to talk about the people with whom we surround ourselves. Jim Rohn (Tony Robbins’ mentor) once said, “You … Read More

If you are an artist, entrepreneur, musician, small business owner, there are just gonna be some days that end up the best of failed intentions. The price of backing your own play is that sometimes you do everything you can to succeed and you still fall short. Sometimes painfully short. I’m here to share a few of those moments with … Read More