Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

The incentive for a religious person turning into an atheist is to have a better and happier life

The constitution of the universe is total natural law. 'Natural law, ' we say from the field of science. 'Will of God, ' we say from the field of religion. It's the same thing.

I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.

Stage fright, like epilepsy, is a divine ailment, a sacred madness... It is a grace that is sufficient in the old Jesuit sense - that is, insufficient by itself but a necessary condition for success.

I went from five foot eleven to six foot eight, and the more ball I played, the more I caught on to the game.

I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.

The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

I live my life in gratitude.

The House is in the house" Chapter 38

I like people, but to learn about one individual always appeals to me more than anything.