Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

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There are people that I am in love with, totally in love with them. I would die for them. I love Michelangelo. I love Charlie Chaplin with all my heart. I love Walt Disney. These are the people I am nuts over. These are my people. I love the great ones.

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I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You've got to do it that way because if you're thinking, you're dead. Performing is not about thinking; it's about feeling.

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Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you're lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that's not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.

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Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

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I look at things and try to imagine what is possible and then hope to surpass those boundaries.

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In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

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People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

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Not the stars, not the farthest solar systems, not the millions of different species of animal life, but the child is the greatest of God's creations.

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Look deep within yourself, and you'll find something amazing.

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