Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.

You don't love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me. You love who you think I am. And don't pretend that you know me. Because I don't even know myself.

I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine

It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.

Music's at its best when it has a purpose.

I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.

The smallest oceans still make big big waves.

It's a mystery to me; We have a greed, with which we have agreed. You think you have to want more than you need. Until you have it all, you won't be free.

The love received is the love that is saved.

I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.

He who forgets will be destined to remember.

A person may know things by somebody else's experience but a person will always learn things by his own personal experience.

God afflicts people for a reason

Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!

Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided.

Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.

I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie.

Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back. It took me 14 years to get where I am. I'm going to hang in there.

What makes America special is that people come here, assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.