I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly.

True contentment comes with empathy.

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

Walking beside you I want for nothing.

Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.

I think a good song is a good song is a good song.

I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened.

I'm a live performer and I love playing live.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

Why?"He stopped pacing and looked at her as if she'd just asked him to count every leaf on every tree in the Old Place. "Because... you're you.

Happiness, success, peace, and love are experienced when we live accordingly. They are not something you have, they are something you DO.

I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!

Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things!

Tell no lies' claim no easy victories

The mob is a monster, with the hands of Briareus, but the head of Polyphemus,--strong to execute, but blind to perceive.

I talk about therapy a lot because I love therapy. It has just enriched my life.

Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race, God will take care of your critics.

Modern poets add a lot of water to their ink.

Scotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle.