A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.

If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile.

The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we.

He who dies with no friends cannot make friends after death.

Never look down at a person unless you're helping them up.

I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he'll tell me if he doesn't like something. It's sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don't like something.

I am so lucky in that I have the most incredible followers and support network.

A lot of the cities where we have a strong following, we don't even get to every year anymore. But Stony Brook was a place that, from the very first time we went, the chemistry was right. They loved us, and we loved them, and we just kept going back and going back.

He was never angry when she made mistakes. He complimented and encouraged her. He shared his own mishaps with a sense of humor that made her less annoyed with her own incompetence. He gave her hope that she could learn, and pride when she did.

One person standing on the Rock can throw a lifeline to others drowning in the sea.

Sooner or later you'll learn there are people in the world who don't want to use you, Now, buck up your courage and go back in there and get to know a few.

People either weigh you down or give you wings.