Determine to live life with flair and laughter.

The music was my friend, my lover, my family.

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.

My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.