The dream was on hold. It wasn't dead.

You plan every step of your life, but sometimes you have to let life happen. Change is always unsettling, sometimes scary, but you have to let go. Take a risk. Risk can be fun.

Failure is a part of life. Success teaches you nothing, but failure teaches you resilience. It teaches you to pick yourself up and try again.

If you fail, don’ quit.Try again, and again but with much enthusiasm and continuous effort.You will soon master the art and skills needed to succeed.

The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again.

I think you always have regrets.

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.

How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!

Whoever tries to imitate me is lost.

There is no amount of money in the world that will make you comfortable if you are not comfortable with yourself.

If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. You can grow. You can change. You can be more than you are.