Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something - to get up, to be knocked down, and to get up again - life can walk over you wearing football cleats. But each time you do get up, you're bigger, taller, finer, more beautiful, more kind, more understanding, more loving. Each time you get up, you're more inclusive. More people can stand under your umbrella.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

Don't let the man bring you down.

Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.

There is an intimate laughter to be found only among friends

I get up in the morning, and I'm reluctant to turn on the television.