Details create success.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

If you want to find God, then all you need to do is love.

In these electric times the criminal receives a cosmopolitan reputation. It is a privilege he shares with few other artists.

After Momma gave birth to twelve of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.

I always wanted the fairy tale, but now I want someone who is a great partner.

The wife, where danger or dishonour lurks, Safest and seemliest by her husband stays, Who guards her, or with her the worst endures.

You are only one prayer away from a dream fulfilled, a promise kept, or a miracle performed.

It's quite hard not to cringe at your own music; you're always a bit annoyed at some parts of it.

I'm not belittling the art world. Not at all. I take it quite seriously, actually. But the logic of art is a vanguard logic that pressures art to incorporate the quotient of risk.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.