Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.

Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.

Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

I tell my piano the things I used to tell you

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.

Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a 'Forward, march!' kind of attitude.

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

I was never afraid of anything because I never hurt anyone. I was always an old drunk.

I don't think I could not have been with an artist of some kind, someone creative.

She wavers, she hesitates; in one word — she is a woman.

I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water.

The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

I never want to fake it. That's my whole thing.

It takes six months to get into shape and two weeks to get out of shape. Once you know this you can stop being angry about other things in life and only be angry about this.