When you say you're doing an opera, it's like when you're a seven-year-old and say, 'I'm off to Washington, Dad.' You kind of go, 'Sure. Sure you are, son.'

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.

I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a prefrontal lobotomy.

when your down on your luck and you've lost all your dreams theres nothing like a campfire and a can of beans

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The folks who know the truth aren't talking.... The ones who don't have a clue, you can't shut them up!

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it.

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems

I don't buy dreams, i buy actions

Don't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. raise the rent and kick them out!

Nothing on earth can ever equate to the level of joy that comes with loving oneself unconditionally.

Don't be concerned with what you can't do. Work on what you can do - then count your blessings.

We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.

If you are a local church or non-profit, you live and die with volunteers.

No-one has held back. They have put some definition around the numbers and now we have to wait for the reality.

Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant.