“Music not only saved my life, it gave me a life”

“Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.”

“I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love.”

“I freak out if I go a little too long without being in the gym. For a long time it was all about getting the weight off because I was 240 pounds at my heaviest, and now I'm around 175, so the majority of that weight loss was due to diet and exercise.”

“Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.”

“It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself.”

“...What is easier for us isn't necessarily what is better for us.”

“Music not only saved my life, it gave me a life”

“I had hundreds of books under my skin already. Not selected reading, all of it. Some of it could be called trashy. I had been through Nick Carter, Horatio Alger, Bertha M. Clay and the whole slew of dime novelists in addition to some really constructive reading. I do not regret the trash. It has harmed me in no way. It was a help, because acquiring the reading habit early is the important thing. Taste and natural development will take care of the rest later on.”