It will be a lesson in hope.

Songwriting was their way to converse with the universe.

I don't want to wake up and find out it was all a dream.

You have to take what you can get out of the music. It's different for everyone, but you have to pay attention and appreciate each piece in order for it to speak to you.

To me, guitar notes are the most beautiful sounds in the world.

Life is either the same song you sing day in and day out, or you go out into the world and devise your own soundtrack.

I radiated with all the stars in the night sky and the courage of a thousand men ran through my veins.

Soon it will all be a memory and memories decay and deform over time.

I had no idea what the lyrics were in the song, but his voice wrapped around my head, weaving through my hair, and whispered into my ears that made me drunk with a feeling I never felt before.

I hated goodbyes. It felt like I had to give so many of them away lately.

Maybe one day we'd become fiction.

Everyday presents a new opportunity to grow and press forward to your success. Stay the course believing that where you are right now doesn't matter, as long as you are moving in the right direction.

In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.

The patient decides when it's best to go.

I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.

I need my man to be my homie.

From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.

I became the leader because of my father's leadership and I was considered as powerful as same as my own father.

I felt suicidal. I couldn't stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn't it be great if the car crashed and I died?

Having the last name Kalitta didn't make me a racer, but it definitely makes me want to be a winner.

Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn