The Earth is our mother just turning around, with her trees in the forest and roots underground. Our father above us whose sigh is the wind, paint us a rainbow without any end.

I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.

Today While the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine A million tomorrows shall all pass away Here I forget all the joy that is mine. Today I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover You know who I am by the songs that I sing I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover Who cares what tomorrow shall bring I can't be contented with yesterday's glory I can't live on promises winter to spring Today is my moment and now is my story I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing

We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by.

For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, come and stand beside me, we can find a better way.

I don't want to just entertain people. I want to touch them.

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.