It's only when you suddenly stop perspiring that your forearms go dull.

There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.

There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.

Embrace love while you have life.

The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.

There is time not only to see who has done what, but to speculate why.

My mother insisted that her children read.

For some reason, people think of me as someone who can do anything I want. And I'm not. You know, I need someone to put up the money.

Home is where the heartache is.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!