You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.
A man may be hot but he's not when he's shot cause you can't get a man with a gun.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.
Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
Talent is only the starting point.