For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.

If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?

Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.

I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close - a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.

I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.