You know, life is what you make of it- so beautiful or so what.

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.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

Race, let's remember, is a social invention and a cultural identification, not a biological reality.

You are all the Buddha.

The level of our obedience is most often determined by the behavior standard of other Christians around us.

For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.

When they come for your guns, give them the ammo first.

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

A fighter should not think only of his shete, just because he has a shete in his hand. Everything is a weapon in the warrior's mind.

They say old people always come to Arizona, you know, to get recharged.