I realized that I would have some very tough sledding and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.

Whatever education I got was from experience and reading. But I also realize I wouldn't pass my friend's sixth-grade class.

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.

Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.

You know there is a problem with the education system when you realize that out of the 3 R's only one begins with an R.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

I adore this adventure I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge working to help these youths realize their dreams.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams only the time we are here.

The idea of being able to serve as an example based upon how to process how to think how to realize our own dreams we can pass that down to our children.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.