"How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant."

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness."

"I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams."

"I can't ignore someone that's in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that."

"I had to say to myself, Don't write the music. Let the music write itself."

"Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth."