Bad things happen because we live in a world with evil.

People lie. They use you and they lie, all the while feeding you bullshit about being loyal and never leaving you. No one can make that promise, because life is all about seasons, and seasons change.

Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded.

Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge.

I like pain. I like when it lingers. It reminds a person of what they've lived through.

We are all so broken. Pick up a person, shake them around and you'll hear the rattling of their broken pieces. Pieces our fathers broke, or our mothers, or our friends, strangers, or our loves.

I didn't eat pork either. Except bacon, of course. Everyone eats bacon.

You'll be surprised what someone is able to handle given no other choice.

One is a choice, and one is not.

There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.

You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

Success is for those that presses on when they see a wall, find ways around a road block and consistently push boundaries and conquer territories against all odds.

A chosen leader is just the reflection of what the collective mind (or "silent majority") truly think and feel.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.

Jazz is the music of the body.

Winning is a drive, it's a thing that you feel like when I go to bed at night I go to sleep.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.

I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She asked me where I was going to find that, and I said, 'I don't know, but it's out there.