The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin.

Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.

Don't believe everything you hear on the street.

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.

My first gig was in Philadelphia and I played the drums for my older brothers. That same night, I also played drums for Martha and the Vandellas. Ah, the fond memories of being 14.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

There was a lot of music in our home. Mom played piano in church and gave piano lessons.

It's no surprise to me or the other Isley brothers that I can sing, because I used to sing all the time in practice. The surprise is that somebody else likes it.

There is no " i " in team. But there are two in motivation.

It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again.

I will never lie again.

In dark days, your best shelter is your clever thoughts!

I love 'Annie Hall, ' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway, ' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters, ' I absolutely loved it.

With BitTorrent, the cat's out of the bag.

I guess there are some things that are so gross you just have to forget, or it'll destroy something within you. Perl is the first such thing I have known.

Frankly, we should publicly increase them [ anti-Russian sanctions ].

Ah, if he could only die temporarily!

Painting is more important than art.