I looked upon myself, in a sort of romantic and silly way, as like a laboratory.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

You've got the sun, you've got the moon, and you've got the Rolling Stones.

If you've gotta think about being cool, you ain't cool.

True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them - they found you ; you just grow into each other

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.

You don't find a style. A style finds you

I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information.

Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change.

The Emoluments section shares with the Constitution. That's not a law that Congress could change or the president could ignore.

If we only elected good men, we'd never have leaders.

If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.

I loved radio for the music, concerts, parties and to think you could get paid for it.

I started acting as a child in Community Theatre but I didn't do any serious stuff. It was all musicals like 'Annie' and 'Wizard of Oz.' I was always in the chorus.

If you want a successful marriage, let your husband do what he wants to do.

I'm always talking to the writers because I find it so fascinating, how they're able to go to these different levels with the different stories, and have all these layers to peel back.

Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the most…is yourself