I see some some of these other guys, and they're wearing the hats and the jackets and saying the words and they're relating and they're picking. But there's something missing.

It's part of what I do at my piano - the hymns. And then I write.

Mother was a great force in her area of evangelism.

In our depths, I think we all feel very small in relation to the greater universe and God.

If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

I'm not Lisa, my name is Julie.

Keep GoingYour hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

Your potential is hidden in what you are yet to do, not what you have already done.

The most costly disease is not cancer or coronaries. The most costly disease is boredom - costly for both individual and society.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

The splitting of the atom has changed everything except for how we think.

If you're miserable and someone flies by looking like they have everything in the whole world and it's never going to be you, that's tough to deal with.

I HAVE REALIZED THAT FIGHTING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAS TOO OFTEN BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH MAN-HATING. IF THERE IS ONE THING I KNOW FOR CERTAIN, IT IS THAT THIS HAS TO STOP.

You never have to listen to a famous person, it's an elective.

Confidence begets confidence. Courage, an independent spark from heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Courage in danger is half the battle.

Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.