I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.

A fine timepiece is part of dressing like a gentleman. When I first made a little money, I bought my first watch which was a Rolex Daytona. It was just one of those things that said I was successful.

I write about moments, and I don't make blanket statements about anything because no one has all the answers; nobody's come up with a foolproof way to do anything when it comes to emotions.

There's only one thing that everyone in this world has in common: whether you want to love somebody and you want to be loved in return.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that's very inspiring.

I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.

When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.

I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

Take life one day at a time because God is already busy preparing the other days ahead for us.

If the story-tellers could ha' got decency and good morals from true stories, who'd have troubled to invent parables?

Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead

I was so happy and content with in life playing music. Music was always my first job and my day gig was my second job.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

Snape's patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from when they were children.

I have a hard time watching myself.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

A party: one arrives long after it's started, and one's going to leave long before it's over.

Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain't in the mean, the mode or the median - it's in the differences that occur throughout a population.