There’s a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it.

Healing begins where the wound was made.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

It takes courage and strength to be empathetic.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.