A lovely lady, garmented in light From her own beauty.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

Rain is just like you, When it come, it gets cold.. When i remember, i feel blue

It's good to fail now and again - you learn a lot more out of failure than you do out of success.

They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.

Long before "American Idol" people used to call me a diva. And I be like, "Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva."

Pray that God will open the doors you can't open and close the doors that need to be closed.

Better understanding of the natural world not only enhances all of us as human beings, but can also be harnessed for the better good, leading to improved health and quality of life.

You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.

There's a lot more to me than just funny.

Singing has opened so many doors for me. And that's definitely a true passion of mine. It's a natural, God-given gift.