The bright days of my youthThey were full of hopeThe great journey that was before me thenWas what was destined to be, bye bye.Now I'm sorrowful,The day is long past.Alas and woe, oh.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.

My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

Fame and success are very different things.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

My first language is Gaelic.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.

Hatred and Blessing cannot coexist in the same heart.

The definition of the word 'finished' is: 'This word means finished.

It may well be on such a night of clouds and cruel colors that there is brought forth upon the earth such a portent as a respectable poet. You say you are a poet of law

I liked the thought that the book I was now holding had been held by dozens of others.

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.

It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip.

In reality, on the grand scale, in my opinion... we are actually all responsible for each other.

More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread, and some people write the songs.

Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined.

Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.