And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.

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.

Nature deemed God worthy and hence chose it as her slave to serve the humans appearing as the master.

How shall I ever learn who I am when there is so much of me that belongs to someone else?

For parents, the days are long but the years are short.

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

Assured her I've never loved anyone except myself and have no intention of starting now.

...I felt fear enter the halls of my mind, but I didn't give it the keys to every room.

If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.

The price of freedom—of individuality—is attention to politics, careful planning, careful organization; philosophy is no more a barrier against political disaster than it is against plague.

Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.

I believe poetry has very little to do with memory.