Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.
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.
Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.
For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.
There is nothing like a dame.
Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.