Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

The skyline is etched in my veins. You can never put that out, no matter how hard it rains.

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Keep focused, keep your eyes on the prize.

Music is therapy. Music moves people. It connects people in ways that no other medium can. It pulls heart strings. It acts as medicine.

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled Was convincing women that they looked Better in their makeup

Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first

Just because you miss someone doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on.

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

The moment is now and we cant get it back from the grave.

You thought you knew what food was, you thought it was elemental. You forgot how much restaurant there was in restaurant food and how much home was in homemade.

There is greatness in everyone.What is your purpose on the earth?Use your unique gifts and talent to influence mankind.

So if you were dating the UPS guy, he could buy you whatever the hell he wanted. But I cant."well...yes, but I'd never date the UPS guy. Those brown shorts are just not a turn-on for me.

He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.

Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love.

I've had to realize I need to distance myself a bit from relying on the feedback. I think it's wonderful but can also be poison. You don't want to buy into it too much.

I always wrote little things when I was younger. My first opus was a book of poems put down in a spiral notebook at five or six, handsomely accompanied by crayon illustrations.

I wish I could help you" I whisper. You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me.

There's no higher honor, in my estimation, than being asked to serve in the White House.