The book of love has music in it In fact that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

Surround yourself with brilliance.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

I sleep lightly and tread to keep my head out of the sea of dreams.

It is time to change the paradigm of the church and of every Christian

If you deal obstinacy with obstinacy in this world

Cause I'll know my weakness, know my voice. And I'll believe in grace and choice. And I know perhaps my heart is farce, But I'll be born without a mask.

Kisses are like cardiograms. They reveal how serious the illness is.

Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers.

But actually, I'm planning on moving to New York this year and I can tell you one reason why I think New York is incredible: I think things happen to you that you don't expect have happen to you.

We've got a big happy, one corporate family now uniting the corporate Democrats and the corporate Republicans.

Peace without truth is a false peace.