I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

Without hope, we lose heart.

time is the best teacher

Complexity is not an aesthetic criterion. It is a quality associated only with division and organization of labor.

Most of the time, people look at a piece of art online when it is just a few blocks from their house. Changing the way you walk home everyday fills life with surprises.

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes.

We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it.

I didn't sit down then and start writing poems, but it was in the back of my mind.

Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.

Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.

Faith in Christ makes one a regenerated believer; obedience to the Holy Spirit makes him a spiritual believer.