Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.
A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.
Everybody has a story. And there's something to be learned from every experience.
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself.
Getting up to dance to your own stuff looks pretty pretentious. And leaving the dancefloor when it comes on is just awkward.
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.
I'm a teenager trapped in an old body.
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit.