The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Oh, Wax has always been solemn, but when he's at his best, there's a smirk underneath.

The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. It is not how easily they jump at a noise or how quick they are to show emotion. It's how they make use of what life has shown them.

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go runnin' back to where things is simple.

The rest of the time, I don't do so much thinkin'. 'Cuz if I did, I'd go running back to where things is simple. You see?

I need something, Wax. A place to look. You always did the thinking.”“Yes, having a brain helps with that, surprisingly.

People today...it seems they are good, or sometimes evil, mostly by inertia, not by choice.

It’s what happens when you shoot someone, ” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

I don't think I've ever been an agnostic. I've always thought there's a superior power, that this is not the real world and that there's a world to come.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible.

Being poor doesn't mean being ordinary.

I am a dreamer but when I wake, you can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take

He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

I think people can get a little weirded out by pain, suffering, and death. They don't know what to do so they end up saying things that are hurtful to people who have experienced loss.

I heard black people sing and the emotion was overwhelming to me. The power of that with all the built in sorrow and joy was just overwhelming to me as a little kid. It was the real deal.

I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B I got into some Good God gospel compilations.