Now they got to look into me loving Tea Cake and see whether it was done right or not! They don't know if life is a mess of corn-meal dumplings, and if love is a bed-quilt!

If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.

Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.

If you haven't got it, you can't show it. If you have got it, you can't hide it.

I know I'll never be able control what other people think. It's not my job to convince others of who I am. My only job is to be who I am. All I can do is find what makes me happy, and live it.

At dawn of man, many words of inspiration.At the end, there will be words of revelation.

Intelligence and stupidity have equal chance of taking a man to divinity! The blind nature has no such distinctions.

Aim to be the blue ribbon best. Develop yourself from practice, to become exceptional. Raise your standards and be the best.

People are like stars in the night sky, all are not equal, but still, everyone shines.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

I've dated a couple of guys who were awesome, and the celebrity part of my life and the traveling part are hard to get around. You never get to see each other, especially if you're both musicians.

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.