When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.

Fools rush in, where wise men never go, But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positiveE-lim-i-nate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmative.Don't mess with mister inbetween.

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

You must write for the waste basket.

Things never are as bad as they seem.

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

Don’t expect a reward for what you do, from people, rather what matters is how you walk and are valued by God

And there were the warm spaces in the music I loved the most, openings through which I could enter and lay my burdens down. There, behind the groove and riding on the melody, I was complete and free.

Two broken people don't make a whole! Without U, there is no us! Lord, I'm so thankful that U r the U in us!

There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself

If we don't build our Spiritual Core our world is going to collapse.

I don't really have a career plan.

Genius ... is necessarily intolerant of fetters.

Love develops into harmony, and of harmony is born beauty.

Correction of Earlier Entry: 8/01/12We read over the shoulders of giants; books place us in dialogue not just with an author but with other readers.

To be bound by hungers is a beautiful thing but to be bound by physical hungers only is too low a state for man.