But nothing makes a room feel emptier than wanting someone in it.

God gave you a vision so you can beget a dream

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.

When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

I am a Christian. I haven't really talked about that before. It is something very private. But I do pray and my beliefs are very important to me.

It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.

If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger.

Public work does not cut into personal creativity. They are streams from the same river but with different destinations.

Wonderful, I like cars, too, I like all the great things you can buy in a department store. But when you have to buy them in order to stay unaware, comatose, then the price you pay is too high.

We have to have powder for our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.

It isn't success after all, is it, if it isn't an expression of your deepest energies?