You really are a ray of sunshine, aren’t you?

Do you know how many people would give anything for what you have? Not the fame or wealth—the opportunity to wake up tomorrow healthy, pain free and with a future stretching out before them?

When you’re gone and people remember you, what will they say about you? That you were happy, generous and kind? That you loved big? Or that you were the drunken singer in a rock band?

Look at the picture, Emma. Do you see his expression? He looks like he’s been waiting his whole life to find you and suddenly there you are.

Don’t leave me, Em. You’re my salvation.

At the heart of nature’s mystery lies another mystery.

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

If the Koran is the soul of Islam, then perhaps the institution of the Muslim family might be described as its body.

A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

They [Christian rednecks] were so stupid that they couldn't pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were printed on the bottom.

Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

One bold inspiration choreographs a dance with promise.

The reason music became so powerful to our generation is that it's art you can consume in your car, and we were driving around a lot.