I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

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.

And he was. Suddenly. From not being to being conscious that he was.

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.

Refuse to compromise what you know to be right for anyone or anything.

To see what they see, sit where they sit.

Storms make oaks take deeper root.

Democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations.

There's no substitute for hard work. If you work hard and prepare yourself, you might get beat, but you'll never lose.

I won't belong to a club that accepts me as a member

Oh God, it's her, run!

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.