I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.

I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.

You gotta know when it's time to hang up. But when I finally go, let me go out on stage, my perfect ending. Don't let me go when I'm sick or asleep. Let me be in motion.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

I keep living life as it's dealt to me. Sometimes, it's not dealt 100 percent. Sometimes it's dealt on the low '30s.

Leave them wanting more and you know theyll call you back.

Across th street is a hell of a tester.

You learn if you mind stay open. And once you can't learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?

Nobody could understand why a guy would love his guitar, then all of a sudden turn around and try to destroy it. Jimi was just different.

Mary approaches her before she is able to reach her station. "Hello Lily. Get anything special for Christmas?""Just the usual." She answers. "Shattered dreams.

Openness explains the ability to innovate and come up with big ideas because you're open to them, and fluid intelligence explains the ability to go and execute.

History is a big word... History is not the sort of animal you can domesticate.

What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.

Technology isn't the villain and the people aren't often really the villain so much as they're weak.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly.

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

You can't dream unless you know what the possibilities are.

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.