There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.

Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.

Teaching others, he corrected himself.

There is another alphabet Whispering from every leaf, Singing from every river, Shimmering from every sky.

They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.

I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

Fly without wings; Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.

Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.

While gazing at myself from yourself, I was beautiful.

Where there is a true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

Happiness is a choice, a repetitive one.

He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing out-of-uniform Santa.

Tomorrow your reputation has to be made again.

I don't think there's anything divisive about me.

Never would I have thought that I would meet Mick Jagger, much less be working on the same project.

It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I've been an Elvis fan since I was a kid.

You don't build a coalition by insulting our friends or acting like a loose cannon. You do it by putting in the slow, hard work of building relationships.

Not only is this not love; I think it is the most diabolical unfairness that was ever taught or devised.

There's this presence of these missing people and this lost community that I felt but could not see, and that was a very strange dissonance for me.