All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.

I grew to see my affliction as my gift. When I sang, I soared. I could soar higher than all those hurts aimed at my heart. All I needed was the courage to be me.

Oh, this is the most TRAGICAL thing that ever happened to me!

Truth has no beginning.

I get her to school, we do homework at night, and at this age, their social calendars are really quite hectic. She's not driving yet, so I end up chauffeuring her around.

The best hiding spots are not the most hidden; they're merely the least searched.

I dont want to create a monster; I want to make something which is new, exceptional, something that only I do...something that references tradition, but is still new.

Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire.

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

Most people believe they know what it is that would make them happy, and what it is that they should get rid of in order to be happy. Unfortunately, few actually do.

If they would only do as he did and publish posthumously we should all be saved a lot of trouble.

My own growth is a part of a group evolution, definitely. It does feel as if the changes in the group are meant to be, and that I am not as much a catalyst, so to say, but rather a result of this.