Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

Love is the reason for it all.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

A rhyme doesn't make a song.

But stay away from him, Juliana. When we said we wanted to make you a good match, Leighton was not who we imag

Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

People who are really happy do not concern themselves with convincing others of the fact.

If you live your life burning for the highest possibility, in that burning itself, there is liberation.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving.

Any live venue where there is alcohol served and it's past midnight there is gonna be fights. It doesn't matter if it's Hip-Hop, Rock or Jazz.

We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.