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

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.

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.

I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.

France is, for me, the country of happiness.

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.

Most things are predestined, but some are just darn sheer luck, said Roaring Abel.

When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.

Poetry is not the record of an event: it is an event.

When you're 18, 19, you want to live fast and leave a beautiful corpse behind.

Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.

Astrology had an important role in the ancient world. You can't understand many things unless you know something about astrology - the plays of Shakespeare and so on.