There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on me, that would say it all.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

I am a survivor. But I am not unique of the people that survived the great late war. We all have our stories to tell. But for most of us the hardened corners have soften with the passage of time.

Your strengths are the raw materials that God needs to make your dreams happen.

I'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba.

You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at.

Peace can be agreed around the conference table, but unless it grows in ordinary hearts and minds, it does not last. It may not even begin

I love this idea of trying to create that intellectual eroticism. That was what I was working toward all along.

The commitment had disappeared, and although he still watched the imagined glory of stealing, she could see now he was not believing. He was trying to believe it, and that’s never a good sign.

Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.