We still listen to the original lush arrangements with the orchestras.

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

Taking a leap of faith is better than taking a leap of doubt.

The only reason any person does not have enough money is because they are blocking money from coming to them with their thoughts.

Men were not supposed to be mushy, but one thing his mother taught him was that it was better to understand your feelings than hide from them

The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.

The church is not a campus but a community. Pastors are not CEOs; they are shepherds.

I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.

Greatness can’t be imposed; it has to come from within. But it does live within all of us.

Enough to know no knowing.

Well you know for me, the action is the juice.