“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.”

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.

There are people who have let the problems of today lead them to conclude that for them life is not the way.

Hate knows that love is the cure.

Music can measure how broad our horizons are. My mind wants to see to infinity.

A frowning face can’t bring out the beauty that you are.

What I’m not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Oh, thank you love With all my heart and soul I thank you love Each day that comes and goes I thank you love I thank you ’cause you gave me true love

Through the ages all great men have taught truth and happiness can’t be bought.

We have to have pride in not just one people but all people.

Many of us feel we walk alone without a friend, Never communicating with the one who lives within.

We can’t live in a place of fear.

There’re songs to make you smile, there’re songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad.

You are the sunshine of my life That’s why I’ll always be around, You are the apple of my eye, Forever you’ll stay in my heart.

When you feel your life’s too hard, just go have a talk with God. Well, he’s the only free psychiatrist that’s known throughout the world.

I see the light in your smile.

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.

Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace.

The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life’s purpose: Ask God.

Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.