I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not that kind of a fan.

Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat.

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.

It is the special province of music to move the heart.

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

Old concept: Love is blind. Marriage is an eye opener. New concept: Love is not blind - it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence.

Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.

Everyday people are not very good designers.

I'm not going to die glamorously. I'll probably be eating a Twinkie, take a bite, and fall over.

We all struggle. I'm not saying any successful woman's life is without struggle. But it doesn't mean it has to be miserable.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.

Better spend an extra hundred or two on your son's education, than leave it him in your will.

It is silence that most needs an answering -- when I can no longer speak, hear me.

What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.

I take on everybody's problems. I have a very maternal side. I'm basically a very normal, down-to-earth person.

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest ascent. There is usually some baseness before there is any elevation.

The future's here already. It's just unevenly distributed.