It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God. It is a calamity without remedy to hate the happy.

You are valuable, even in your imperfection.

If we found a ticket to Disneyland would you think we should arrest Mickey Mouse?

Smile my boy, it’s sunrise

I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that I owe to others, and so everybody ends up bankrupt.

I'm lucky I had parents willing to be open and believe that an 11-year-old might know what she wanted to do. Or maybe they thought I'd find out that's what I didn't want to do.

I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music is absolutely essential to our community life.

I'm a very emotional player. I use emotion because my team feeds off it.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.