I always thought my days spent in darkness [as a child she had cataracts and was unable to see for nearly four years] gave me a very special sensitivity. Much later, when I really wanted to hear, really 'see' a song, I'd close my eyes, and when I wanted to bring it out of the very depths of myself, out of my guts, out of my belly, when the song had to come from far away, I'd close my eyes.

I've been thinking about Jesus. Don't you find it a bit strange that, since He was living with His family and all, He up and left them just when they needed him most?

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for.

If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.

I don't lie; I improve on my life.