A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?

I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.