Do not conceale thy heavenly voice, Which makes the hearts of Gods rejoyce, Least Musicke hearing no such thing, The Nightingale forget to sing.

We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.

Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is.

I met a man once who told me that far from believing in the square root of minus one, he didn't believe in minus one. This is at any rate a consistent attitude.

Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.

We're all African-American, so we're all influenced by each other.

I was the first Arts Council official in the archipelago to do something for what you might call indigenous music.

My son is a better dancer than me. I always try to encourage him in his endeavours.

I find churches limit me.

The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand?

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.