A song marks an occasion in my life and that's how I live my life, by songs.

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

I'm romantic. I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. The other day, I saw a tramp polishing his shoes. That just gripped my heart.

I've always had my own style, I've always been different. I don't like to wear anything that anyone else is wearing because it's very important for me to make a statement.

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate.

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change.

I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.

Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.

If you don't throw yourself into something, you'll never know what you could have had.

Our memory fragments don't have any coherence until they're imagined in words. Time is a property of language, of syntax, and tense.

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

I am extraordinarily lucky, I was born in a family of strong moral values, and in my life I was able to do what I liked best: debuts, great theatres, but above all, inner and deep satisfaction.

Don't fake it till you make it. Be real, be transparent, be authentic and be yourself.

Anybody who tells you to have a fallback plan are people who had a fallback plan, didn’t follow their dreams, and don’t want you to either.

Fortitude is a great help in distress.

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.

An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.

M. Myriel had to undergo the fate of every newcomer in a little town, where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

Anger's my meat. I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feeding.