I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always good parents of young adults. As soon as their children get up to some size, it's "Shut up, sit down, you talk too much, keep your distance, I'll send you to Europe!" My mom was a terrible parent of small children but a great parent of young adults. She'd talk to me as if I had some sense.

Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

I'm a positive thinker and actor. I look at a glass; a negative person sees the glass and says: too bad it's half empty... I look at the same glass and say: Hallelujah!! It's half full!!!