My mother would cry about my blindness and the hopelessness of my ever seeing, but I told her I wasn't sad. I believed God had something for me to do.

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.

...making some noise in the woods is a thing that one can forget. The sound of a man’s voice on the other hand, is something else entirely.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

People hate the idea of politicians, you see, but love the idea of authors, at least until they meet one.

I keep myself busy with things to do, but every-time i pause, i still think f you.

I really don't get nervous when I perform -it's more of an exciting feeling than anything else. But put me in a classroom with kids my age and have me take a test and yeah, I'll be nervous!

Prejudices of any kind are the destroyers of human happiness & welfare.

Biggest influence: my mother.

When you pursue great flavor, you also pursue great ecology.

The hand is quicker than the eye is, but somewhat slower than the fly is.

[Donald Trump] says that he doesn't want to hurt the Clintons. He's now saying he might not pursue prosecuting Hillary 'cause he doesn't want to hurt the Clintons.