I was never bored because I always had a book. So I had a doorway into another world or another universe. It was great.

The greatest sin is carelessness.

Life's full of loss, who knows the cost, living in the memory of the love that never was.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No ones illegal. They should just be able to come.

I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.