There's no Asian [vocalist] that's huge out there. So I want to do that. I want to break that mold.

I think confidence is very important, as well as a positive attitude; you should never give up; just maintain a positive mentality whenever you perform; you should go for it.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

Some' strong decisions stamp you as 'rude'. But in future, they will realize that you were right. But be cautious about the 'Some'.

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.

[Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom.

Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties, and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul.

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.

Savor the throne, but don't mind the stool.