Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

To love means you also trust.

I don't think of myself as a symbol of the sixties, but I do think of myself as a symbol of following through on your beliefs.

There's very little I can sing now. When I asked my first voice teacher, who was the best one, "When will I know when to stop singing?" he said, "Your voice will tell you." And it is very, very difficult to sing now.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.

Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy.