Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go they merely determine where you start.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.