I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.

I don't think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It's to do with how much anger is in you.

I'm romantic. I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. The other day, I saw a tramp polishing his shoes. That just gripped my heart.

I've always had my own style, I've always been different. I don't like to wear anything that anyone else is wearing because it's very important for me to make a statement.

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate.

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change.

I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.

Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.

If you don't throw yourself into something, you'll never know what you could have had.

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words...

Nothing ever goes back on the vine.

It's the kind of storm that only happens on the highveld, the thunder loud and rapid. Zanele doesn't speak. I need her to. Maybe she is counting the people who have died since we first met.

One thing we knew for certain- despite all our certainties, it was very difficult to guess what one individual was thinking at any given moment.

I'm sorry, but nothing 'just happens'. Stuff happens because either we make it happen or we let it.

By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.

I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.

Situation seems to be the mould in which men's characters are formed.

This is the simplest of all thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god.