I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.

The only thing better than singing is more singing.

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Did I do all right?

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

It isn’t where you come from; it’s where you’re going that counts.

Just dont give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Just dont give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration I dont think you can go wrong.

The fabulous places Ive been wonderful things thatve happened great people Ive met ought to make a story.

Just dont give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where theres love and inspiration I dont think you can go wrong.

Forgive me if I don't have the words. Maybe I can sing it & you'll understand.

It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts.

I'm not a great student, so I don't know that I would have been a great detective. Part of my brain sort of works that way, like wanting to figure out puzzles and figure out what happened and why people do the things they do and who they are and how it happened.

So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way.

In Canada, for boys, your identity is built on hockey. It's your social position; it's everything. And I was the worst hockey player of Canada.

You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded.

I'm quite obviously not the world's most handsome man - I'm the second world's most handsome man!

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

To every problem there is already a solution whether you know it or not.

Frame your world with your words.

This consists of a series of meetings that may last several days through which information is provided that may include reviewing documentaries, news programs, court records and certain reports about the group in question.

My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.

The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

For most of my films, I've had to go out and start shooting before I could get the rest of the funding. That was the case with 'Hoop Dreams,' 'Stevie' and 'The Interrupters:' We started them quietly out of Kartemquin Films, only really going to funders once we had something to show and a firm idea of what the film might be.

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

No one's a virgin, life screws us all!

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.

If we strive to strengthen our body now; to overcome our faults; to cultivate new virtues; the Sun of our next life will rise under much more auspicious conditions than those under which we now live, and thus we may truly rule our stars and master our fate.

Scheduling flexibility is the single greatest non financial tool and the number one dream job factor at your disposal for winning battles in the talent wars. Use it.

Ive learned... that family and friends are what make us who we are today and without them

I was actually discovered by Kai Millard and Stevie Wonder.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.