I'll close my eyes, so I won't see, all of the love that you don't feel for me.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

If you cannot tie your marketing efforts to actual dollars that the electric company will accept, it’s time to adjust your plan.

If you are causing trouble, look for allies, always.

It is our beliefs, more than our experiences, that determine life's possibilities.

If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here!

Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.

Beauty is what I feel my life is about - the garden, the house, whatever. I see the world that way, yet it isn't.

Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use.

The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.