Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent, and certainly not the president of the United States.

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.

Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.

What you were is yesterday.What you are is now.What you can be is tomorrow.What you decide to be is today.

For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life if freedom fail?

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.

In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin' four lanes Wit' the top down screaming out money ain't a thang

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

God loves to take people from broken backgrounds and surprise them with possibilities.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again.

You need a positive attitude nationwide.