I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it.

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live.

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.

My mouth is a womb. My teeth are my children. My tongue is their babysitter.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

Fame and success are very different things.

You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is

My first language is Gaelic.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing.

Don't listen to people who say something isn't feasible. Just go out and do it.

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.

Those who understand nature walk with God.

Teach your children well, so they don't live in off-campus group houses and throw loud parties while I'm trying to sleep.

It's because of you when I'm in bed in the morning that I can wind my spring and tell myself I have to live another good day.

I'm a bad Jew, a bad Russian, a bad everything.

The illegal trade in apes has little to do with poverty. It is instead generated by the rich and powerful.

The highest culture is not obtained from the teacher when at school or college, so much as by our ever diligent self-education when we become men.

I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.