My mother was working a lot, so she was gone often. I would leave school and hitchhike to the beach. I can't believe I hitchhiked now. It scares me to death now.

The people who really rule the world are those who know how to pray.

God is more concerned with our character than with our achievements. Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal. It determines what we will be through eternity.

If you don’t get excited about the gospel, you’ve never really grasped what it’s telling you.

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

Faith is taking God seriously.

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.

Every chemical reaction has a transition state.

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has been remarkable.

Fake people will insult you infront of the whole world but those who are true to you will insult you more but in private.

I've lost so many battles than I can even remember. What I never knew, though, was that I was actually stronger than I thought I was.

I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to life on the stage and giving it a space there.

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.

Christianity must mean everything to us before it can mean anything to others.

You see people who are 19 or 20 years old and they don't even know who The Who is. It's like, where have you been? Justin Timberlake? C'mon. Where are the roots?

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to.

I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven's late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin's piano music when I work.

So much conspires to silence us - because our truths are inherently subversive.

Part of growing up spiritually is learning to be grateful for all things, even our difficulties, disappointments, failures and humiliations.