What they didn't want to believe, what they tried repeatedly to dismiss, was that whatever good and evil existed in the world came from within themselves and not from some abstract source.

When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.

Love and take care of yourself because you are your best friend, and you have to live with yourself rest of the life.

There is nothing more harrowing than a deadly hush with the feel of a great noise around it

I was addicted to playing music.

There is always a prepared place for a prepared person.

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

Eloquence is heard; poetry is overheard ... All poetry is of the nature of the soliloquy.

It's not just a song I sing with my hand raised but also with a billfold I've laid.

If I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, 'Kurt is up in heaven now.' That's my favorite joke.

The first impression of a work of art is its otherness from reality.