"I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains."

“You have to change musically. Bubble gum pop was good for the first time you have sex. They didn't want to give the OK on some really good music. It was the frustration of being signed to that label. I was depressed.”

Source : "Leif Garrett to Justin Bieber: 'Don't believe your own publicity'". Interview with Diana Falzone, www.foxnews.com. August 19, 2013.

“Forget what you know about disability.”

Source : "Amputee Pop Star Viktoria Modesta Doesn't Care If You're Uncomfortable". Interview with Alyssa Bailey, www.elle.com. December 22, 2014.

“Everyone thinks that having a talent is a matter of luck; no one thinks that luck could be a matter of talent.”

“Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.”

“Success is how well you do what you do when nobody else is looking.”

Source : "12 rich, powerful people share their surprising definitions of success" by Shana Lebowitz, www.businessinsider.com. March 4, 2018.

“Fred Astaire. Not a handsome man. He said himself he couldn't sing. He was balding his whole life. He danced like a cheetah runs with the grace of the first creation. I mean, that first week. On one of those days God created Fred Astaire. Saturday maybe, since that was the day for the pictures. When you s Fred you felt better about everything. He was a cure. He was bottled in the films and all around the earth, from Castlebar to Cairo, he healed the halt and the blind. That's the gospel truth. St. Fred. Fred the Redeemer.”

“Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2009). “The Palace of Illusions: A Novel”, p.167, Anchor

“The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.”