I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

When face with any problem, do not panic, but pray. You find the peace to overcome pain.

Around the hero, everything becomes a tragedy.Around God, everything becomes what? a world?

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

I was in a place where nobody knew my heart even a little bit.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.

Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art.

Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe.

To sing along with Stevie Wonder, you had to make your voice do things it was not accustomed to doing

I think If I were to look for the most foolish Clinton supporter and ask you to give them equal time nationally, I could find you some pretty nutty people who are for Hillary Clinton.