The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

We can only sense ourselves and our world valued and cherished by God when we feel valued and cherished by others '.

Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.

My baby is weird man... when he get mad, he gets in the oven.

The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body.

Following rulers instead of prophets, the wicked can rule you, but the knowledge can stop it.

I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.

I really spend as long as I can sketching everything out and working on the structure before I sit down to type out scenes.

Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen.