A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death. A culture that has lost its faith in life cannot comprehend why it should be endured.

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.

It's okay to be impatient. As long as you show your patience on the outside.

onceI heard her huskylaughter pour out likerain after a drought

As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!

Performing to me is the most vital, most important. It's my favorite part of all of it. I just want to be on stage.

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.

It is desperately important to remember when enough is enough, when you've finished the scene.

If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.

I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm sure I would have been in jail.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.