He unclenched his fists and dropped her worries, unable to catch them for her. But she picked them back up and dusted them off. She wants to be able to hold them herself now.

and that's where love finds you... in the tragedies.

Whenever I'm around him, all I can think about is how much more I want to be around him.

But it feels good just getting it out—letting someone else know how much hatred I’m harboring.

Love is not found, love finds.

Past: Our cradle not our prison and there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration not imitation for continuation not repetition.

We all know how important love is, yet how often is it really emoted or exhibited? What so many sick people in this world suffer from-loneliness, boredom and fear-can't be cured with a pill.

Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me.

My advice to anyone wanting to get into the music business, is always be ready to learn and remain humble.