"I get up and pace the room, as if I can leave my guilt behind me. But it tracks me as I walk, an ugly shadow made by myself."

“I need people to call me, I never remember to call anyone - otherwise I'll just sit in my house and listen to music all day.”

“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- if we could see His goodness everywhere, His concern for us, His awareness of our needs: the phone call we've waited for, the ride we are offered, the letter in the mail, just the little things He does for us throughout the day. As we remember and notice His love for us, we just begin to fall in love with Him because He is so busy with us -- you just can't resist Him. I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, it's God's love, it's His.”

Source : "The Sadat Lectures: Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008". Book edited by Shibley Telhami, 2010.

“Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.”

“Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better.”

“Everyone came here to do something magnificent. What is important is that you live your life to your fullest potential. That's how you open your gifts and share them with the world. You should only be doing that thing that lights up your soul.”

Source : Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

“Usually it takes a bottle of Bacardi and a gallon of Coke to get John out of his seat.”

“I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.”

“I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.”

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