True love is to jump over your own shadow.

It is impossible to get rid of the bondage of slavery, if we do not start acting as free citizens of our country

Who casts to write a living line, must sweat.

Picasso was a delightful, kindly, friendly, simple little man. When I met him he was extremely excited and overjoyed that his mother-in-law had just died, and he was looking forward to the funeral.

Too many trained nurses discommode Cupid.

I don’t think we’re an animal that was built to be happy; we are an animal that was built to reproduce.

I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer.

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid.

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me

Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir.