We have a marriage of people of various cultures coming together. It's not a joke. It's real.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Music is my emotional tranquilizers

Whatever a person wants to sacrifice for God will be multiplied many times over by God will be multiplied many times over by God for that person

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Avoid buying frozen dinners and processed foods, as they are often overloaded with salt.

Beware of privilege. It stinks of rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties.

we're responsible for our own lives.

I have a couple of thousand books in my personal library. Choosing a favorite is next to impossible. But I do love the written word.

Most of my friends are skaters or were skaters at one time, so they obviously relate.