Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me.

The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.

I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, 'I love you.' I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I've done my job in a world that's getting colder and colder by the day.

When will we ever learn, there's nowhere else we can turn.

Soul is a feeling, not a color.

When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say.