I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings.

Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don't need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.

It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.