All the lights on Broadway don't amount to an acre of green.

I really work hard to shape the song so that it's attractive... You don't want to give people the information in an enema.

All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.

That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.

I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became my playmate for life.

The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.

I always had wished somebody else would sing my songs, but there wasn't anybody who knew them, so I sang them myself and eventually became a better singer and guitar player.