Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.

I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.

It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters

Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.

No fruit has a more precise marked period of maturity, than love; if neglected to be gathered at that time, it will certainly fall to the ground and die away.

I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress

To treat life as less than a miracle is to give up on it.