No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.

Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples' stories.

Bachelor's fare: bread and cheese, and kisses.

In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of the Italians, and I feel very close to you.

I don't have to agree with everything you say, but I should attempt at least to understand it, for the opposite of mutual understanding is, quite simply, war.

You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV.

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

I will not live out of me I will not see with others' eyes My good is good, my evil ill I would be free.