What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

Live for each second without hesitation

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.

It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and in our workplaces.

I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.

Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.

The best hand always believes in playing by the rules.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

In a way. Magic is the act of making a wish come about. Like praying, like plotting, like herbs, like exerting your will on the world, making something happen.