I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going.
Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey.
I very much enjoyed Leo Tolstoy's What is Art? I can't quote it, it's been a while, but at the end of the day, the idea is that "art that does good in the world is art, and what doesn't is not. It's propaganda or something else. It's bad. "
Women of all looks, shapes, sizes, everything, if they recognize how beautiful they are-because they all are-then they carry it that way. And you can see that. Confidence is reflected in how they walk and how they dress and how they speak and how they carry themselves. It's just amazing. And that can turn anybody's head pretty quick, especially mine.
A great show means we have to connect; we have to prove to [the audience] that we do something great or blow their socks off, but it has to be with them if it's going to be sustained for any length of time.
I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was playing it and singing the song to me. I woke up-it's a borrowed melody no doubt-and wrote it down. If I hear a song and I choose not to put it down, that's me neglecting to accept that song. I think there's a very spiritual and godly-type ting that happens, and it happens to way more people than we know. It's just that very few of us choose to engage it.
Fighting for and defending the values from the pulpit is critical. You can't love the Creator, and disrespect the creation.
You know, the Emancipation Proclamation was like giving freedom to domestic animals.
Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment.
Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.