There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'

Success is not the end of the journey. It is the beginning of the expression of your infinite potential.

Your future is brighter than your past was dark.

Just being ourselves, feeling proud of what we are by God's grace, believing in our own efforts to be successful in whatever we do...is real happiness :-)

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

I just never gave anything else much thought after music. I just hope that I'm doing what God intended me to do, and that's all.

As long as I breathe, I attack.

If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.

Since all things are good, men fail at last to distinguish which is the bane and which the antidote.

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight.

I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.