Once I understood Bach's music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

Let your past propel you forward, not hold you back.

Jöns: But feel, to the very end, the triumph of being alive!

[Christians] are commanded to warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time.

How awesome is the awe God!

Self-realization is a very quiet thing. It's not flashy. No one might see you light up a room. No one might observe anything

The bottom layer of the right-wing noise machine.

Giving someone the freedom to take responsibility releases resources that would otherwise remain concealed.

Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end.

We are one another's strength.

The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found.