I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

You don't love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me. You love who you think I am. And don't pretend that you know me. Because I don't even know myself.

I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine

It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.

Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.

The smallest oceans still make big big waves.

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free.

The love received is the love that is saved.

I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.

It was good that she remembered him, though it was exhausting to do so.No rest for the weary. Or the dying. Or the dead.

He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met.

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose.

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.

When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?

Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period.

I have always believed that business should be a force for good.

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.

In your arms was still delight, Quiet as a street at night; And thoughts of you, I do remember, Were green leaves in a darkened chamber, Were dark clouds in a moonless sky.