You will never outperform your inner circle.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty and it's not what it is for me.

The many fail: the one succeeds.

Children hold spring so tightly in their brown fists-just as grownups, who are less sure of it, hold it in their hearts.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

If I can entertain and expand awareness then I feel like I've fulfilled a purpose.

You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.

Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others.

We've learned more from the newspapers sometimes than we do from our open hearings, for sure.

Some people have a fear of being on stage. I have a fear of coming off it.