I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.

Songwriting is different from music, although I don't deny now that it would be nice to have a little more background in music theory.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery.

Songs are life in 80 words or less.

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

The music is key. It has the power to transport you. I go from being a slightly insecure, shy kind of a person offstage, to this super-confident, motivated, entity onstage.

Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.

Then come and as we lay, beside this sleepy glade, there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.

Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.

One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life...

I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled And made me in these Christian days A happy Christian child.

I feel vulnerable in a good way. When I talk about my family, I usually have happy tears.

We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely.

The higher up I went, the less happy I was.

In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.

To make the most of Christmas, focus on Christ.

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

If you don't start out aiming for the big game, you almost never can get there.