The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it's not like I am hopeless.

Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.

You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want.

I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

You need to be happy to live, I don't.

I thank the earth and the sky everyday for the opportunities I’ve had.

There is no limit to what God can do through us if we are a yielded and purified people.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

As God’s chosen, blessed sons and daughters, we are expected to attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in.

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city.

The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!

Believe it in your heart; say it with your mouth. That is the principle of faith. You can have what you say.

People go away and they don't come back.

Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

[Frank] Sinatra, to everyone, even Tony Bennett, was such a huge influence because he had mastered not only music, but film and radio.