Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.
Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.
I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.
It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.
If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.
Accidents will occur in the best-regulated families; and in families not regulated by that pervading influence which sanctifies while it enhances. . . in short, by the influence of Woman, in the lofty character of Wife, they may be expected with confidence, and must be borne with philosophy.
I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.
You have to go through the long, painful process of learning techniques to be able to recognize a "good accident" or a "bad accident. "
It is time that beats in the breast and it is time That batters against the mind, silent and proud, The mind that knows it is destroyed by time.