I thought the Billie Holiday comparison was beautiful. I think, Wow, what a wonderful, creative, helpful spirit. She's someone who wanted to help others by sharing her emotion. That's what I do, too, so I think that's a great comparison.
Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.
America’s true power lies not in its will to dominate but in its ability to inspire.
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible.
I don't consciously try to be a role model, so I don't know if I am or not. That's for other people to decide.
I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money.
I'm so happy I discovered early how wonderful music makes me feel.
I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
