A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.

We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.

Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all.

My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.