During times like these, the wise are influential.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

I'm your biggest fan, California, I'm coming home

To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.

The bands and the roadies, love 'em and leave 'em. It's pleasure to try 'em, but trouble to keep 'em.

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.

Rachmaninoff made a musician out of me. His 'Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini' was the piece that sent me into raptures. It spoke to me. To me, it was a tender entreaty for the misunderstood.