Knowledge is a priceless gift of enlightenment

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

What you think of me is none of my business.

We are what we think.

I believe in miracles.

Love is stronger than hate.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We are what we are.

God is the Creator of all things.

Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

The other night I was lying in bed, looking up at the stars, and I wondered, 'Where the hell is my roof?

Future strong is being focused enough and mindful enough and courageous enough to search for patterns and order when all others see chaos and noise.

When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today.

A lost road will remember your footsteps because someday you may want to return, tracing the way.

I don't write songs for myself anymore. I only write songs on assignment. It's purely a business, but it is still so important to me emotionally.

I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in peril, you come to a point where you accept the possibility philosophically.

The moral case for individual initiative in a free economy holds that people have a God-given right to use their creativity to produce things that improve our lives.

Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.

You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.