I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.

Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person’s authority and credibility.

Women want a man who can say I love you every night and prove it every day

If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland.

I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.

In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

Governor Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street and decided not to support the bailout of Detroit.

I'm always good for starting a bit of a tune and the first verse, but after that I just can never go anywhere. It takes me years, that's why I'm so slow.

I've been performing since the 60s and I made my first album in 1969, so it's been a bit over twenty years.