I really don't think that Detroit was any different than New York of Boston or Philadelphia. Kids always wanted to listen to music outside because that's where they hung out with their friends.

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.

Take a little time out of your busy day to give encouragement to someone who's lost their way.

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but.

You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunities.

I can be a better me than anyone can.

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains.

I had to hope there was more to life than death. More to living than not dying.

PRESIDENT BARTLETT: "See how benevolent I can be when everybody just does what I tell them.

These days, you don't just break into comics once. You have to break in again and again after each job is finished.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf

I don't think I came to music. I think music came to me - or was already embedded when I came into this sphere, this realm, this Earth.

A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're going into the land of make believe.

To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying.

He who has a why can deal with any what or how.

When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us.