The original Pikers from Kentucky and Missouri, in the words of pioneer diarist William Audley Maxwell, were considered of a ‘backwoods’ class,
I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy,...
Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
art is risk made visible
The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.
I feel like, God expects me to be human. I feel like, God likes me just the way I am: broken and empty and bruised. I feel like, God doesn't look at me and wish that I were something else, because He...
Not all things can be expressed through words, not all the words reflect the truth.