There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me

You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

I never learned to count my blessings I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

There is no failure in loving someone, only in never letting them know.

I put all my positive energy into positive action.

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

It is the devotee's job to chant God's name. It is God's business to keep count.

Attitudes are contagious. Mine might kill you.

Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.

and never really thought I'd amount to anything. It was precisely what I wanted the whole world to think; then I could sneak in, if that's what they wanted, and sneak out again, which I did.

As far as me knowing if Frank was a genius - in those days, I thought Einstein was the only genius around.

I wasn't paraded around for sale at all. My mother wasn't into that.