I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone.

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.

These are a few of my favorite things.

But I'm only a cockeyed optimist.

I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.