Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Quincy Jones

The only music I don't like is bad music.

The only music I don't like is bad music.

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I'm needed by someone. As long as you have that, you're healthy.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I'm needed by someone. As long as you have that, you're healthy.

When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.

When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.

It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.

It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

The process is the most beautiful part.

The process is the most beautiful part.

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.

...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.

What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.

I think all families are creepy in a way.

I think all families are creepy in a way.

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.