We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.

I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind.

I don't feel any pressure from fans. But I'm always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That's not to say that I'm not happy.

Believing I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.

I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

Someone told me it's all happening at the zoo.

When we think of success, we often associate those who are successful with the things they do rather than the things they don’t, and focus is found in the latter.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

War is failure of diplomacy.

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

I come to spring training and just try to do my job, try to do the best I can. That's all any player can do.

In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami.

I avoid the media circus, keep my head down and try to keep growing and learning things.

I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time.

I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.

You are a work of art.