But you can be happy, if you've a mind to!

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a song.

Wow. Imagine what God could have done if he'd had money.

I want my music to leave an indelible mark.

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

Age doesn't make a man.

. . . And some people sing and dance.

My uncle used to love me, but she died.

If I had my life to live over... I wouldn't have time.

I was raised to be ashamed of my ignorance, and to try to do something about it if at all possible.

Prayer opens the window of heaven.

The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership, or to subvert relationships within the organization.

I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if He wanted, but I very much doubt if He would.

Picture your grandmother in Hell, baking pies... without an oven.

Many things made me become a vegetarian, among them the higher food yield as a solution to world hunger.

A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.

I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that book (which I still have-battered and falling to pieces) became more precious to me than any Bible.

In 1964 something totally unexpected happened. I got a job I enjoyed.

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.