Here's Some Of The Brilliant And Talented People Who Died This Year

"You and I will meet again, when we're least expecting it. One day in some far-off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye, my friend, for you and I will meet again." —Tom Petty

"When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind." —Chester Bennington

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." —Mary Tyler Moore

"When you hit a wall, just kick it in." —Sam Shepard

"I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope." —Jerry Lewis

"When you really believe in God, it gives you a courage, a confidence that enables you to meet the things coming." —Della Reese

"It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest." —Chuck Berry

"At the end of the day it's the fans who make you who you are." —Chris Cornell

"Well, I wouldn't want to say that I started [rock 'n' roll], but I don't remember anyone else before me playing that kind of stuff." —Fats Domino

"It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes." — David Cassidy

"When they came to you for your line, you had to be ready and you had to get it in one take." —June Foray

"Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action." —Adam West

"People can go out and hear REM if they want deep lyrics; but at the end of the night, they want to go home and get fucked! That’s where AC/DC comes into it." —Malcolm Young

"Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream." —Hugh Hefner

"Television is fast and loose. You have two or three takes to get your part right, and if you have a problem, well, by the time you figure it out, everyone's moved on to the next scene. It's good training, keeps you on your toes." —John Heard

"I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. Thank you for letting me live my dreams and for being a part of them and for making all of this possible." —Stevie Ryan

"Being different gives the world color." —Nelsan Ellis

"One to Sleep On: Release the past to rest as deeply as possible." —Charlie Murphy

"I've been lucky enough to keep going and I realize now, though it's taken me nearly 100 years, that my voice is distinctive. I'm very lucky indeed." —Peter Sallis

“Do work, son!” —Christopher "Big Black" Boykin

"Playing villains is half the fun, and you may not be an absolute villain yourself, but finding something in the villain, the horrid creature, that you enjoy." —Robert Hardy

"The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can." —Liz Smith

"I'll never be like other people, but that's alright, because I'm a bear." —Paddington, created by Michael Bond

"Some people say funny things, but I say things funny." —Don Rickles

"My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible." —George A. Romero

"You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad." —Harry Dean Stanton

"I've had a career that is kind of under the radar, but it sure is varied, and I've been so blessed to be able to get paid to do something I love to do." —Bill Paxton

"I've always tried to work hard. I'm not trying to show anybody up or do something spectacular for attention." —Roy Halladay

"Show business is all I know, but I love it." —Erin Moran

"Sometimes you're gonna jump off a cliff and land flat on your face. Then you just get up and go again. But sometimes you dive off the cliff and start soaring with the eagles, and that's when you find new music, places that you've never been before." —Butch Trucks

"I would like to be remembered as a — somebody who could rock your soul or make you cry with a song. And somebody who's kind, who loved to laugh, and loved his God." —Gregg Allman

"That's sort of what we wanted to do: conquer from the margins, sort of find our place in the middle based on the fact that we were creatures of the margin and of alienation." —Walter Becker

"There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience." —Glen Campbell

"Every day I wake up like, 'This might be my last day, and I'm not scared of it. I'm gonna go out there, do what I gotta do; I ain't gonna let nothing stop me.'" —Prodigy

"I just wanna lay my head on your chest, so I'm as close as it gets to your heart." —Lil Peep