My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

...if you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone...

Hardly has the universe stretched its wings to spanWhen it gathers to egg once more

I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting than school

It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine.

During the rests - pray.

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees.

How do you stop somebody from growing?

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.