The blues is life itself..

I don’t know who my parents were. I know nothing about my inheritance. I could be Jewish; I could be part Negro; I could be Irish; I could be Russian….

But Time is a great traitor who teaches us to accept loss..

Identify the thing that is going to stop you and then stop it..

So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it..

I love to sing. It's the easiest thing for me to do..

I say, let's learn more and then speculate..

It was too difficult. People weren't prepared to put in the hours on the donkey work - you know, dates and facts and so on. I think in retrospect my ….

It's great to be back on terra cotta.

Business is business and politics is politics and never between shall meet..

But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not cease to fall..

The ethical decision is always the fearsome decision. When something matters enough that we are afraid of the consequences - afraid that even the hon….

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be….

The loss of something that is never thought of, felt, or sought for when lost is not a loss at all..

Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands..

He who knows what it is to enjoy God will dread His loss; he who has seen His face will fear to see His back..

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels..

Choking is about thinking too much. Panic is about thinking too little. Choking is about loss of instinct. Panic is reversion to instinct. They may l….

No man can lose what he never had..

I know what I want! And I just go for it..

Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are..