Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news.

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.

Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.

It's gotta be rock and roll music, if you wanna dance with me.

Of the five most important things in life, health is first, education or knowledge is second, and wealth is third. I forget the other two.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Rock is my child and my grandfather.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

He could play the guitar just like ringing a bell.

You might want more time in your life to attempt the things you like to do, and not just perform the things you have to do.

It It only when I am alone that I really feel connected to the entire universe.

So long as we love we serve so long as we are loved by others I would almost say that we are indispensable and no man is useless while he has a friend.

In terms of optimism, I am optimistic. I do think that, in the long term, that America will right itself. I have to think so.

There is a sunrise or a sunset from space every 92 minutes so there is an incredible amount of beauty to see from up there.

So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn Will I ever see your sweet return? Oh, will I ever learn? Oh, Lover, you should've come over Cause it's not too late.

For what did the creator prepare me,Why did he so terribly contradictThe hopes of my youth?

You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.