Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life. But people do often spending more time finding out about failed relationships than finding successful ones.

Relationships end, but they don't end your life.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

It's impossible to live in peace with your inner-self without appointing integrity as the author of your daily decisions and actions.

All music has a message and a spirit behind it.

I like to think of it less as embezzling and more as an involuntary goodwill contribution.

[M]odern society is indeed often, at least in surface appearance, nothing but a collection of strangers, each pursuing his or her own interests under minimal constraints.

I'll tell you what leadership is. It's persuasion and conciliation, and education, and patience.

You work for God Incorporated.

Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay.

I went with my very being toward language.

For me, darkness is something very beautiful.

I wish they would take me as I am.