I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be

Tell me, Do you feel the way I feel? 'Cause nothing else is real In the La La Land machine

Hide in your heart a bitter thought, Still it has power to blight; Think Love, although you speak it not It gives the world more light.

Who can do anything after Beethoven?

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Regardless of how well you can be offensively, if you have a great defense, you can deal with any offense.

Get back up when you're knocked down.

The sun rises at midnight.

But the words are easy and soothing, promising tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece o time we call today.

If I had to cram all my tournament experience into one sentence, I would say, Don't give up and don't let up!