I once showed Pat Bradley my swing and said, 'What do I do next?' Pat replied, 'Wait till the pain dies down.'

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off!

Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored.

Every experience has a pattern and sometimes it teaches us through the spirit of patience captured, that there are no coincidences in life.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing their dreams

You try to tell yourself that you've been lucky, most incredibly lucky, and usually that works because it's true. Sometimes it doesn't work, that's all. Then you cry.

You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.

I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.

Now that I know that I've needed you so, help me, Jesus. My soul's in your hand.

I like collaborating, but I felt I should do my first single by myself so people don't think I'm leaning on other artists to be a success.

A first impulse was never a crime.