A love song must respect the canons of music beauty, entering the fibers of those who are listening. It must make them dream and pleasantly introduce them to the universe of love.

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

My life experience has taught me nothing happens by chance. Even the idea of the ball in a roulette game: it's not chance it ends up in a certain place. It's forces that are at play.

A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested.

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

Singing provides a true sense of lightheartedness. If I sing when I am alone, I feel wonderful. It's freedom.

Get the Girl, " he demanded. "She knows too much!"Dammit. Why did people keep presuming that, and if it was true, why the hell couldn't my GPA reflect the fact?

There was something about ink curling across a man’s bulging bicep that invoked the dance of horniness.

I never see failure as failure, but only as the game I must play and win.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

The difference between a baby and adult is that a baby believes in everything while the adult doubts everything. Babies also only tell the truth until they learn what a lie is.

You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.

We do not enjoy poetry unless we know it to be poetry.

I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.

I'm nervous about the prospects of an America that refuses to abide by its best conscience and its best lights and its best angels.

I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.