You have to have an objective, a goal, some thought process, some strategy in your mind for whatever you do. Otherwise it's a waste of time.
You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin
Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work.
Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.
Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are challenged. Such individuals are entitled to all the blessings that God has in store for His faithful and obedient children.
Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at night.
I am one of the lucky few who is successful in their career, and I'm really enjoying myself.
Criticism has plucked the imaginary flowers on the chain not in order that man shall continue to bear that chain without fantasy or consolation, but so that he shall throw off the chain and pluck the living flower. The criticism of religion disillusions man, so that he will think, act, and fashion his reality like a man who has discarded his illusions and regained his senses, so that he will move around himself as his own true Sun. Religion is only the illusory Sun which revolves around man as long as he does not revolve around himself.