There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times.

Music is the only language which can be understood by everyone—even a tree can understand music.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

As you near a finish line, do not slow down. Instead, run faster. Give all you have left until it is done. It is then that you may collapse.

Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.

Girls, like flowers, bloom but once. But once is enough.

I didnt develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

It's some of our guys' first game on the road, and it really can jolt your body.

I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby.