I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

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.

SELF PORTRAIT: Throwing Armfuls of Air into the Air

No matter how hard it is to see kid tears, grown-up tears are worse to watch.

Do we use the Word of God only as a cue card to commandeer our external behavior?

Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.” - - Unknown “Racism rests upon and functions as a kind of seesaw: the persecutor rises by debasing and inferiorizing his victim.

New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

Bear calamities with meekness.

Harry," she said quietly, "I know you must be angry." I burn things to ash and smash holes in buildings when I'm angry," I said. "I'm a couple of steps past that point right now.

Don't let the good things of life rob you of the best things!

Yes, I am very prolific.

The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed)