"Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."

"Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior."

"Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown will be the harvest."

"The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance."