People disagreeing everywhere you look makes you wanna stop and read a book.

I don't write the songs; I just write 'em down.

Why wait any longer for the one you love When he’s standing in front of you

Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through.

Everybody has their own idea of what's a poet. Robert Frost, President Johnson, T.S.Eliot, Rudolf Valentino - they're all poets. I like to think of myself as the one who carries the light bulb.

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.

I've never gone for having a great voice, for cultivating one. I'm still not doing it now.