“When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.”

My philosophy of life is simple: I need someone to love, something to wait and do something.

Don’t leave my embrace for here in my arms is your place.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.

Life has taught me one big lesson, always keep the girlies guessing.

The world is more alive at night; it’s like God isn’t looking.

People ask me where I got my singing style. I didn’t copy my style from anybody.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

Animals don’t hate, and we’re supposed to be better than them.

There are too many people that depend on me. I’m too obligated. I’m in too far to get out.

The man who can sing when he hasn’t got a thing, he’s the king of the whole wide world.

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you’re hating part of yourself.

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you’re hating part of yourself.

Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you’re hating part of yourself.

Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.

Reading one book a day to your child can change the trajectory of their future.

People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book.

I was an imaginative child and learning to read was like unlocking another dimension in my mind.

The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers.

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves.