I don't think anyone wants to do the same thing over and over again.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?

I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all that when I'm writing, but it's not in the forefront of my brain.

I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.

As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.

It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

I don't like to think about stuff that's boring.

In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.

Life is not a race.....not a struggle, & bla bla ....We make it a race, struggle.It's we to decide how should it be. Actually Life is Present & the choices we choose in past.

Few things are as painful as the unfulfilled desire to be near to another you love.

You can't write a poem until you live.

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick

I had 3 brothers, 2 died early, and one of them was living a good long time.

It is the acceptance of death that has finally allowed me to choose life.

A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it is a sincere expression of human feeling.

For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.

In the '30s, the Keynesian stuff worked at least in the sense that you could print money without inflation because there was all this productivity growth happening. That's not going to work today.

It is not the world that needs peace, it is people. When people in the world are at peace within, the world will be at peace.