Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

If you want people to know what your message is, just sing it.

You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run.

Youth is a frame of mind. If you get out there and enjoy it, you can have it at any time of your life.

I had holes in my jeans well before it was fashionable.

Friendships come and go, but families are forever.

I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek.

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.

You can't make old friends. You either have them or you don't.

...is the writer a prophet or priest - does he show the truth or serve the truth?...

Running away from fear is fear; fighting pain is pain; trying to be brave is being scared

I don't take myself too seriously! That makes me happy.

In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.

You are what you choose to identify with. You have the choice. A mouse raised by pigeons.

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned architect, or a concert violinist to have been affected by the power of words.

I don't need a psychiatrist. I can sort out my fears with my work. That's the privilege of all artists, to be able to sort out their unhappiness and their neuroses in order to create something.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.

It is the incompetent and the neglected artist who charges the public with ignorance, stupidity, and indifference. He raves loudly, but he is incomprehensible, even inarticulate, in his work.