Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

Evils draw men together.

I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile. Always appreciate things, because [they] could be gone tomorrow.

The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away.

Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison.

We need an America with the wisdom of experience. But we must not let America grow old in spirit.

I don't look like a model, but you have to work with what you got.

Don't just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style.

The root of oppression is the loss of memory.