My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it.

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.

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

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.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

The Princess BrideS. Morgenstern'sClassic Tale of True Loveand High AdventureYou had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it.

Heart thoughts are profound, hindsight aches and hope is obscure. I'm craving a great adventure -- one that leads me back home.

Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.

Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time

Will you wait for me forever?

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.