I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.

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

I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

Poetry is music written for the human voice.

Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.