“I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.”

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you’ve already had.

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

Sex is the consolation you have when you can’t have love.

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

I became aware that the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy, love.

Today, when I saw you, I realized that what is between us is nothing more than an illusion.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it

A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.

I would give wings to children, but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.

If you love something – let go. If it is yours – it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I’m with you.

Music is important for one’s health.

One minute of reconciliation is worth more than a whole life of friendship!

Nothing one does in bed is immoral if it helps to perpetuate love.

Things have a life of their own, the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It’s simply a matter of waking up their souls.”

For those who may be hurting over lost love: Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

Sometimes I make songs about girls, and I say ‘he,’ or I’ll make songs about guys, and I say ‘she,’ or sometimes they’re exactly what they’re about. I feel like it just allows me to get a lot more perspective.

The dead don’t die. They look on and help.

You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.

The winner asks, “May I help?” The loser asks, “Do you expect me to do that?”

As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.

If you would be interesting, be interested, if you would be pleased, be pleasing, if you would be loved, be loveable, if you would be helped be helpful.

I felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.