I feel I was born with the music coming to me, and that's not something to be wasted.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

Dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

There will always be those people who are just backward and ignorant. There will always be those people. They need somebody to feel superior to.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs.

The best thing you can learn from the worst times of your life is that it always gets better. It may take a month, a year, a decade, but it will get better if you leave yourself open to it.

I learned the truth at seventeen, That love was meant for beauty queens, And high school girls with clear skinned smiles, Who married young and then retired.

I think I grew up, stopped worrying about what people thought of me, and whether things were going to turn out OK. I'm concentrating on doing the best work I can do and letting it go at that.

Is that actually you or am I dreaming again?

Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as 'tis today.

If you want ideal health, you need to overcompensate and eat an excellent diet.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

An amateur at LIFE is an amateur at ART.

I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry.

We live in a real world. Come back to it.

Perseverance: Try and try again until the goal is achieved. Never give up.

Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.