I have shared my whole life. My private and my show business life. It helps me actually to feel my songs and to go on with my dreams.

If you follow your dreams, it means you follow your heart. If you do follow your heart, I don't think you can go wrong.

Life imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this.

I'm not in competition with anybody but myself. My goal is to beat my last performance.

Don't make your career be your life. let it be your passion. Let it bring you pleasure. But don't let it become your identity. You are so much more valuable than that.

You don't think of the devil who's inside.

Love doesn't ask why, speaks from the heart, and never explains.

There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.

When you want it the most, there's no easy way out.When you're ready to go, and your heart's left in doubt. Don't give up on your faith, love comes to those who believe it...And that's the way it is.

I'm in shock. Whitney was such an amazing artist. When I started my English career, I wanted to be like her. I loved her so much. My prayers go out to her daughter and to all of her family.

Love can touch us one time And last for a life time And never let go till We're gone.

A stranger is just a friend waiting to be let in.

The collective consciousness of mankind defines the existence and sustainability of this civilization.

Books are to the mind as the whetstone for the knives.

What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place.

I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas.

If you lack wisdom in regard to a problem, you need to go to God in prayer.

It is difficult for people to appreciate their own laughter unless you show them some pathos along the way.

Don't give up on each other.

Position yourself well enough, and circumstances will do the rest.

During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the sediment sinks to the bottom and the water becomes pure.