In general the assumption of all of us, child or adult, was that this was a new country and that a new country had no history. History was something that applied to other places.

I may not know who I am, but I know where I am from.

We enter the world alone we leave it alone.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

But, something has to be worked through formally as well as emotionally. Now, when those two things come together I've got something, I think, that I can be proud of.

I met Sable when she was 15 and I was 18. I sent her home to New York while we carried on the tour. When we got back the police were looking for her at the airport and everywhere!

Low-wage workers are also consumers. It's just common sense: when these workers have more take-home pay it leads to spending that trickles up to benefit many small, locally owned businesses.

The best propaganda omits rather than invents

The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.

What is the purpose of life? What is the primary objective of life? To live. To sustain itself.

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.