I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

You will never get any more out of life than you expect.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Art is a language which anneals individuals to each other through experiences that are uniquely human.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

It's more difficult to be simple, and it's easier to be more complicated.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.