One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there is cake in the fridge.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.

Life did come with a manual.

Solitude is the canvas of a thinking mind.

If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write.

Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

It's only awkward if it matters.

You don't have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.

It reveals how well you value someone - the way you handle their belongings.

Remember never to text and drive, it's bad grammar, even if you have a deadline. You might cross the line and dead may be your destination. Think about it!!

It's a funny thing, how much time we spend planning our lives. We so convince ourselves of what we want to do, that sometimes we don't see what we're meant to do.

You can LOBBY anyone. It is the great equalizer." – Chief of Staff Russell Jackson

...the moron who thought love was forever.

I've enjoyed my retirement.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

My biggest problem with the retirement thing was I'd be leaving the part of this business that I enjoy the most... the entertaining part, being on stage and seeing how the music affects people.

I want to be the black Madonna.

It was too important a matter, this talking to people, and listening to them, to do it lightly or often.

I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'.