Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

And to those people with no children but who think they'd like to have them some day to fulfill their lives. Remember: With fulfillment comes responsibility.

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.

My children love my mother, and I tell my children, that is not the same woman I grew up with...That is an old woman trying to get into heaven now.

Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you're pouring, or drinking.

'Don't worry about senility', my grandfather used to say.

You'll have many, many friends, but if your relationship with your mate is one hundred per cent of your heart, you'll never need a friend.