I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile

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.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria.

I adhere to the philosophy, "I don't care who writes the laws, let me write the songs."

Any art which can be subjected to an analytical process is, by this very fact, removed from the possibility of being art.

Any avenue that you follow leads to light. All roads lead to Rome.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

The expert is a midwife. The expert is not someone who has the authority to pronounce the last word on the subject.

So I learned another system: When in doubt, keep it out – out of earshot, out of the house – even if this meant, really, just keeping it in.