For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.

Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far.

Every life has a sound

So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart.

Better safe than sorry!

If the foundation of your house is righteousness then your wealth will not be like a cardboard house that collapses under a gentle blow of wind

No mortal is independent

Science says that there are many more universes apart from ours. In that case, even when we think universally, we still think locally!

To measure a man's happiness only by what he gets, and not also by what he expects to get, is as futile as to try and express a fraction which shall have a numerator but no denominator.

I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

If you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve

As our thought is opened and we behold the image of eternity within ourselves, we are changed by this image into a newness of life.

I still never get recognized. Small, bald white guys like myself - we all kind of look the same.

It's a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it.