"the attempt to control poetry, to subordinate it to extra-poetic ends, constitutes misuse."

“Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The time has come to lay that baggage down and leave behind all the struggling and striving. You can be set free as you journey forward into a balanced healthy and rewarding future.”

“Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offered to you.”

“A person isn't born with the intelligence to be with someone especial, you learn it, and you fail in the path of life, but you don't have to give up the chance to love.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered I was wrong. There is something familiar about my old vinyl. Call it nostalgia, but I don't care for the 'purity' of CDs. They have no personality! The crackle and pop of the stylus on a record player as you wait for the music to begin creates an anticipation that CDs simply can't provide.”

“Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”

“New York came after me aggressively and that's what sealed the deal.”

“God has not only created each of us as distinct individuals, He also uses us in significant ways.”