Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it

My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.

I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

What you are afraid of is also afraid of you face your fear!

Rigid traditions capture soulsprisons of spiritual thoughtman’s religion has captured a god grown too small and very weak.

Don't make prayer a consistent battle, but rather constantly pray against life's battles.

Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty.I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.

By becoming a writer I realized that I will live forever.” – Manos Filippou, Author

Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.

Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults.

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

I've never liked to play stereotypes.

If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.