Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.

My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.

If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build on our fond melodies in his tomorrow, I have not labored in vain.

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.

You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin

Saving was slow and painful.

Nature was my kindergarten.

You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.

Your consciousness creates pure potentiality where nothing is impossible.

Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.

Actually, the year 2000 is our 25th anniversary of doing Captain & Tennille. I can't believe it. It's like, how is this possible?

Any game could be my last, and any at bat could be my last. I'd hate to think it ended without me giving my best effort.

It's very important who the president of the United States is. America is a great idea, so that's why it's a great country.

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?.

I tell ya I got a stupid son. That's one load that shoulda been shot on the wall.

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.