I don't remember feeling love.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

The process is the most beautiful part.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

The only music I don't like is bad music.

Money. The dark obsession of the human race.

As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches .

And finally, and above all love will conquer.

Hopelessness is endless, the more you search for it, the more you find it

Everybody's opinion is equally valid, and I feel like everybody should have an opportunity to speak out, and everyone should have the courage to speak out.

An entire nation, it seemed, was standing in one long breadline, desperate for even the barest essentials. It was a crisis of monumental proportions. It was known as the Great Depression.

Do people who believe in reincarnation ever say, Darn, I'm still writing the year 1612 on my checks!

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

I know a little bit about a great many things and not enough about any one to make a living in these times.

I've never known, at least a modern historical instance, where the truth wasn't superior to distortion in every way.