“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn.” 

My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort of taught myself whatever was around. If there were instruments around, I'd play them. I always liked the idea of not being shown but coming up with my own energetic connection to the instrument.

“We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach. ” 

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn but to unlearn.” 

“When learned men begin to use their reason, then I generally discover that they haven’t got any.” 

“I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school the learning to refute him – rather than that he should gain in the most enlightened school the cunning to copy him.” 

“It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.” 

Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.

Should you find a wise critic to point out your faults, follow him as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words: this is good luck.

“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.”

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” 

“I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak

There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.

I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life.

You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.

Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a finder.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.

We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

It’s not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.

We cannot learn without pain.