Performing was easy because I believed that I could sing, but that was an outside thing.

There's nothing to compare to live music, there just isn't anything.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I had a fear of being alone.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

The scripture that God used to save me was Isaiah 7.14, which today is still my favourite verse in the Bible.

God allows circumstances to build us up. God has got our back.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong.

All through my young life I wanted to sing, although nobody in my family knew it.

I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give

When I'm on stage, all is right with the world.

War is sometimes described as long periods of boredom punctuated by short moments of excitement. History is often similar, if rather safer.

There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong

If you relax your mind, it can begin working for you.

...on a subconscious level we're aware that time isn't enduring, that it is not a required condition of our existence, that there comes a point when we will have no need of it.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

Fidelity is the single most important element in solidly enduring marriages.

The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.

There exists no more democratic institution than the market

Unlimited power may be available when two or more people coordinate their thoughts and actions in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose.