Music comes first from my heart, and then goes upstairs to my head where I check it out.

Remember: Always walk in the light. And if you feel like you're not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.

There's a river somewhere that flows through the lives of everyone.

That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

Music is an art form that doesn't need to be explained. It needs to be performed; it needs to be felt; it needs to be listened to; it needs to progress.

So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.

My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

When you have a good heart, kindness becomes a responsibility you take up.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

That particular odyssey is now over. My mind is now at rest.

I didn't get ahead by sleeping with people. Girls, take heart!

All human beings hunger for appreciation.

We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying of our souls.

Good luck reaches farther than long arms.

The resurrection of Jesus was like a boulder crashing into the pool of history.

There was a point when it all really took off and got quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it.

As secretary of state you can go out in a helmet if you want to. Even in Switzerland in front of reporters.