Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.

Rachel had been worried she couldn't remember what Sam looked like

We've made hyper motherhood a measure of female success.

I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family.

The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

For me, things were either very sullied or very pure, very controlled or very under-controlled.

A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming.

If I'd seen a playwright ever write an' play at the same time, I'd have given 'em more of a chance at cards. Can I get an 'amen?'

Anyone who believes in a Jesus who condones abortion does not believe in the real Jesus, and therefore is not Christian.

The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites.