"私の民が至る所で彼らの奴隷の歌を繰り返し歌っている、彼らの挽歌と小唄とブルースと祝祭の歌を"
“Propaganda is lousy to live with and difficult to overcome”
“Poetry is the watchful eye of the human race”
“I want to write I want to write the songs of my people”
“I want my careless song to strike no minor key no fiend to stand between my body's Souther...”
“To sit on an idea or fail to act on a goal is not really goal-setting, but wishful thinking.”
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself”
“It’s you vs. you.”
“There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A. ”
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it”
“I very frequently get the question, “What’s going to change in the next ten years?” ...”
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time”
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“Stay humble in victory and gracious in defeat.”
“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.”