“I'm an un-healable positive optimist.”

“The waltz can be sad and at the same time uplifting. You have to see life from both sides, and the waltz encapsulates that. If you're in my audience you give yourself to me and the waltz will grab ...”

“I have 120 people in my payroll without any government giving me any money. We live off the tickets and the records I sell. That is very unusual.”

“I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.”

“When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.”

“The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“I seek daily a spiritual awaken of my soul.”

“Every day holds infinite opportunities. Explore!”

“Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.”

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.”

“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”

“...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.”