Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It's the only thing that there's just too little of.

I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent, and certainly not the president of the United States.

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity.

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.

It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.

I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.

I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.

Hope is an enthusiasm.

We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.

. . perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.

The great secret to success is that there are no secrets of success. There are only timeless principles that have proven effective throughout the centuries.

Find one thing every day to forgive the other person for. Don't let them know what it is...just forgive them and let it go.

The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago.

In order to succeed, you can't be afraid to fail. Just do it and don't let anybody tell you you can't.

That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.

Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.

You pick out the big men! I'll make them brave!