"The stage is not for me to practice. I'm not that artist. You practice at home and when you get on stage, it's time for a conversation."

“The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.”

“To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you're dead.”

“The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

“The truth is, normal might take years. Normal might never happen. But it’s definitely not going to happen if I lounge around here watching soaps and avoiding life. I’m going to school today, end of story.”

“I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in his heart, which I don't know what was there, but just from his singing I could feel that he was very partial to gospel music.”

Source : Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. November 29, 2005.

“...we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.”

“One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.”

“Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.”

Source : Chuck Klosterman (2004). “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto”, p.136, Simon and Schuster