There has always been a strong relationship between music and religion. It is because they both plug directly into the heart and can have real power for good or evil.

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.

Your condition does not determine your life history. It’s your decision in that condition that tells more about your destiny. Decide not to see the available as the preferable!

A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell of.

Laughter clears the atmosphere and it gives liberty to every soul.

To come here and lie about your life you must have very big confidence and courage to do it.

I never panic when I get a wasp at my ear. As soon as you strike out, they'll sting you. So just stay cool.

I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.

Research now seems to indicate that one hour of inner action is worth seven hours of out-in-the-worl d action. Think about that. You're working too hard.

My mother always told me that any talent is a gift of God and I always believed it. If I quit, I would just live in front of the television and get fat and die pretty soon.

I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.

I'm taking my skills to different people's homes that have stoves for it.