The United States is a beautiful place, you know?

There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

I think that people should learn about that. In most music, there's one way that you do something, and that's the only way. In jazz, it's a lot different.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.

None know how often the hand of God is seen in a wilderness but them that rove it for a man's life.

The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art.

When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil, on the other hand, is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart.