I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev.

Darkness is always afraid of the positive thoughts, because they are also a species of light!

Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.

The really good music, whether of the East or of the West, cannot be analyzed.

I have spent probably years of time waiting in studio lounges - waiting on a mix, waiting on my time to sing, waiting on, waiting on, waiting on. That's just the nature of life.

Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.

I know there's a lot of nasty humor directed at celebrities, but my feeling is, in most cases, they deserve it.

I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.

... it takes a great deal to produce ennui in an Englishman and if you do, he only takes it as convincing proof that you are well-bred.

My Grandmother wouldn't even speak the word Democrat if there were children in the room, she'd say Bastards instead.

Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.