I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.

If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world?

I like to go back and read poems that I wrote fifty years ago, twenty years ago, and sometimes they surprise me - I didn't know I knew that then. Or maybe I didn't know it then, and I know more now.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.

Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.