If in anything I have faith in something you could call the human spirit - I have faith it will always save itself at the last minute.

I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.

You may think things didn't change much after the 60s 'revolution' - but they did. The levels of prescriptive disapproval for anyone who stepped outside the norm receded.

I listen to other people's music now. I didn't for many years but now I am fascinated again as much as I was when I started out.

I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't just domestic and endless but I had no idea what and no inkling that it could ever be music.

I have been struck by the way all the young people I've met through coming back to music are so much more generous-spirited with each other than I remembered people being. It gives me hope.

I'm sure the audience could see me trembling. I want to do more live work; my next goal is to shake the fear.

A story meant to motivate all and sundry irrespective of their circumstances

At any given moment life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time having a purpose tending in a certain direction.

We must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives.

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.