Let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, let creation reveal its secrets by and bye.

Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.

The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America I can't let go till she comes around Until the land of the free Is awake and can see And until her conscience has been found.

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy.

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.

Oh Lord, are there really people starving still?