I knew Elmo should represent love. Kissing and hugging.

I've never been nervous. I just wanted to play and have a good time. If it didn't work, then I would get nervous. But, for the most part, I just go for it.

If you can get the crew to laugh on a show, you know that you're doing something.

And one of the things that I've always loves about children is their vivid, unrestrained, and far-reaching imaginations - the depth and breadth of their creativity.

Experience is a great teacher.

I'm a method actress in my songs, which is why it's hard to sing them.

All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.

No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.

Not everybody has experience in drilling for oil in the Permian Basin, but the same thing is happening in every industry everywhere in some manner.

Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems

Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.

I belong to the beloved. Have seen the two worlds as one and that one call to and know. ...First, Last, Outer, Inner, only that breath breathing. HUMAN BEING.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

You don't love people for what they can give you. You don't love them because of what they do for you or how good you make them look. Love is blind, love does not boast, love is not vain.