I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down

Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me

You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."]

Fear and bigotry don’t need explaining. They simply are, like traffic jams and taxes.

Accuracy is not the measure of a true prophet. You will know the true prophets by their fruit.

It is long accepted by the missionaries that morality is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing people wore

Ballet is only good when it is great.

Miracles do happen, but you have to work hard at them.

Do you want to be an expert, or a master salesperson? You can only choose one.

Was man made for science, or was science made for man?

High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.

An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom.