Instantaneous forgiveness can bring longstanding self-preservation, not to mention a cheaper Ralph's bill on Rolaids.

If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.

If you understand 'it' will come, then you'll understand 'it' will pass. No matter what happens, you can make it. Trust me, you can.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

If you get to a point where something happens today to stress you out, take a breath & center your thoughts on peace. Ignored thoughts die.

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.

Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen ... infectious.

Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.

No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.

No one likes rain but rain brings us pleasure for once pleasure's gone we learn what to treasure.

I'm kind of a homebody. I like to sit at home and watch movies and eat good food.

So when bands work with me and it's 10 o'clock, usually you'd have to be getting out of the studio, we could go on until 2 in the morning cause it's my place!

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

I missed a lot of good times, doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. There are certain mistakes I'd like to change, but I'm not going to trip on it to hard.

What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over.

In my eighties, my best friends are in their fifties, and I have many friends at university. It keeps one young, and up with the vocabulary. That's terribly important, especially for a writer.

What I love about what digital entertainment has done is that they've given real creative freedom to folks like myself who are doing really groundbreaking stuff.

If I am good, people compliments me that my voice is like a CD, but whenever my voice condition is not as well and do some mistakes....I tend to sacrifice myself for my next album.