The ability to sign a cheque is the least reliable guide to a company's fitness.

[Carnival Ride] is part of a line from my favorite song on the album, "Wheel of the World." It sums up everything that's happened to me. It's nuts to think of where I was a couple of years ago.

The actors I admire are character actors.

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created.

I do think that memoirs by women are reviewed differently and considered somewhat outside of the canon.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Therefore it is said: 'In the midst of silence the secret word was spoken to me'.

One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy.