“This is like one thing that I’ve tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.”

Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall.

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

Isn’t she lovely made from love?

Minds ripen at very different ages.

Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring.

All I ever wanted to do was music, and all I’ve ever asked, as I’ve gotten to know and discover the world more, is that God would use me in any way to encourage and inspire love and inspire people to bring and give love to each other.

Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things.

As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world.

You can’t hear me? Read my lips!

Music at its essence is what gives us memories.

I’ve had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life.

When you believe in things that you don’t understand, then you suffer.

Change your words into truths and then change that truth into LOVE.

First of all, I’m no better than the next person.

Now some folks say that we should be glad for what we have. Tell me, would you be happy in Village Ghetto Land?

Law and order comes from having respect for one another.

What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.

She built walls to protect herself from intruders who made her feel unworthy.

It might feel like sparks to you but to me it’s fireworks.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought – these are the artist’s highest joy.

I can’t choose how i feel. But i can choose what I do about it.

I feel you gotta be nervous. If you’re nervous, it’s just ’cause you want to do well, it’s not ’cause you’re scared.

I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent – you get contaminated after so long.