Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you weren't born with, and you can make it through on even half of that.

a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually began to feel blessed.

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.