Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.

This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.

I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics. I would never again work to make people smile inanely and would take on the responsibility of making them think.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

No one has ever become poor from giving.

Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.