Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Let's love, press your lips to mine. Let's kiss, for that thrill divine.

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

...The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get in the papers. No one knows about all the happy people...

Get this through your head — you are not responsible for other people's happiness.

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.

Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .

It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.

Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.

We do not have homosexuals in Iran like you do [in America].

The most important thing is not victory, the most important thing is don't get defeated.

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.