There're songs to make you smile, there're songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Be true to yourself.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?

Other people's belief changes you. We all have insecurity, and uncertainty, and to have that glow cast over you by somebody that you respect, makes a gigantic difference.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.

I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

There's nothing sexier in a man than intelligence.