I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me. Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

Love is the reason for it all.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

God is not preparing you for anything

The chief business of the American people is business.

Things get very clear when you're cornered.

Ayahuasca is a symbiotic ally of the human species.

When there's no clear option, it's better to do nothing.

A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

I told my broker that as long as he doesn't tell me where my money should go, I won't tell him where he should go.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene.