I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

Many of us have this mind-set which considers self-promotion a taboo.

When you are giving, your mind grows wings of joy to fly.

Someone has done something for us. Something that we can never forget. Something that we can't do again even for our own selves.

My dad said that the impossible is only impossible if you don’t even try. So I want to try.

Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.

It is more important what the jobs report shows in December and January -- that will affect how many rate hikes we'll have this spring.

We make our own hell out of the people around us.

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

All men look nerdy in black socks and sandals.

Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different language, and having fresh visions of the future.