I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so sick.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.

I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?

I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.