Jon Anderson Quotes

I think in life, you have a choice. You can either be optimistic or pessimistic, and I go for the optimism.

Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies.

War is big business. It’s a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and a lot of fear, and a lot of doubt. And eventually a lot of wonderful people, like soldiers, like men and women that are out there trying to do the best they can, they come back being wounded on many levels.

Cage of freedom, that’s our prison; we’re the jailer and captive combined Cage of freedom, cast in power; all the trappings of our own design. Blind ambition, steals our reason; we’re soon behind those invisible bars On the inside, looking outside; to make it safer we double the guard.

The secret of poetry is cruelty.

The sun is so powerful, that without it we are nothing.

Music is beautiful. Yes, music is great. My music’s great.

I nearly died three times in 2008, and when you go through those experiences, you realize that you’re blessed every day that you wake up. My world changed, my life changed, and with the help of my wife Jane, I was able to survive.

There are times for inner changes. Be ready for the choice!

Who sings of all of Love’s eternityWho shines so brightIn all the songs of Love’s unending spells?Holy lightning strikes all that’s evilTeaching us to love for goodness sake.Hear the music of Love EternalTeaching us to reach for goodness sake.

Everybody wants to be American, it seems; I travel enough to know.

Jewel of life, guiding light, heralding a joyous new dawn.