A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

Love is the reason for it all.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

If i had it all to do again there would be more bodies.

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.

God values Christian character, which shines in positive, outward conduct. Fashion your heart after Jesus.

Discipline is one of the basic and primary requirements for success in life.

When there is pleasure, there is often abandon, and mistakes are made.

I found out what the secret to life is - friends. Best friends.

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

Nobody had told me I was common.

Our salvation is not in some father or human instruments. It is sad to see people so blinded, worshiping the creature more than the Creator.