Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the people are and that I should someday come here.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

The words you say never live up to the words in your head.

Be yourself is all that you can do.

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

And I'm lost behind The words I'll never find And I'm left behind As seasons roll on by

People don't realize how much fun it is to be depressed.

There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.

She gives the night its dreams.

What do you think Jesus would twitter, 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' or 'Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago.'

Everybody is influenced by someone.

Influence can be the worst gun nowadays.

When you can't turn back, just keep on going!

A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

And if the worst, or best, happens, and Death comes for you in the snow, he comes disguised as Sleep, and you greet him rather as a welcome friend than a gruesome foe.

I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.

Being a musician, you want to be able to do the hardest stuff there is. People would think it's classical, but in classical, it's all on the page and the difficulty is keeping up with the music.

Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular.

My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.

In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults.