No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

Your life - and all lives - will be richer if lived with a open, loving heart rather than a closed, fearful mind

Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.

I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you.

We are continuous with all the particles of our physical being, as in our breathing we are continuous with the sky. Between our bodies and the world there is unity and commerce.

When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.

If the Martians took over eBay it would take 6 months for the world to notice.

I can't expect people to decide that they will change with me, so I can see why I'm on the old side.

Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small.

I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.

Thou art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd, despis'd! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.