I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't been able to hear.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Now Listen You know I work so hard, all day long Everything I try to do, Seem to always turn out wrong That's why I wanna stop by on my way home and say Let's go get stoned

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

Dreams, if they're any good, are always a little bit crazy.

You ask me what I'd like to do that I haven't done and I say 'Nothin'!' I haven't any mountains to climb or oceans to swim. I've been an extremely blessed individual. ... I'm not clamorin' for more trinkets. If I were to die tomorrow, I could say I've had a good life.