It's like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. And you can tell when something is good.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

Two things amazes me the most, the beauty of nature and the power of my thoughts.

Worrying is the greatest egoism!

For life we need three things only: nourishment, love, and peace.

...it isn’t things and proximity, or even blood that holds us all together. What makes a family is love and loyalty.

It is the most horrific thought—my husband died among strangers.

Guns are dangerous and damaging even when no one gets shot. They really do loom.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception.

I like to do films that celebrate life.

To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.