If I’d been talking about black trash, I might be lynched. If I was talking about white trash, I’d merely be another torchbearer in an ongoing national lynching.
When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.
I am just what I am, I'm just what you see. So I'll make it easy, I'll stay me.
Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.
Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.
From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.
Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.
I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps might think it’s just one of their own monsters enjoying the sunrise.
There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.
We do not have elections. But the great majority of the Cuban people supports its government.
As we have always seen here in the U. S. the universal truth about elections is that people vote their pocketbook.