“Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.”

“No matter what these people say about me, my music does not glorify any image, my music is spiritual if you listen to it. It's all about emotion, it's all about life.”

“He could even think about how fast he was thinking about things.”

“What's happening is merely what's happening. How you feel about it is another matter.”

“Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give… it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.”

“It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event you are not even a failure. You're just not there.”

“No matter what those sex-ed teachers say about how great condoms are, there's not a condom in the world to protect you from heartbreak.”

“I think it's rarely about what you actually learn in class it's mostly about things that you stay motivated to go and continue to do on your own.”

“Listen to your customers but don't (always) believe what they say - they know even less about the future than you.”

“It's the movies that have been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.”