...I can write my own stories and I can write myself in.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

You can use logic to justify just about anything, that's its power and it's flaw.

When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.

You know, I don't know if you know this about me or not, but I'm kind of a big deal.

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.

I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find myself imitating them, even if it's subconsciously.

Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Beautiful thoughts build a beautiful soul. ...There's always something beautiful to be experienced wherever you are.