You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.

I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.

Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.

I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.

There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.