I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent.

Encourage means to put courage into, and discourage is to take courage away. Don't be a courage thief.

I just thought you might like to know that I passed a kennel on the way to the game and your mother is all right.

Don't look at me like I've gotten old or something like that.

Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.

I like touring extensively because I think the more hours you spend onstage, the more you know who you are onstage.