Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.

Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.

politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.

Days are like trains, they will just zoom by. You can be zapped seeing them pass or you can jump on to one of them and enjoy the Journey.

It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to remake my song."

A girl playing rock and roll, it's saying I own my sexuality and I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. And I think people just find that threatening.

Tunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.

Each worm to his taste; some prefer to eat nettles.

Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.

Your feelings are your greatest tools to help you create your life.

My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.