I try to walk on the sunny side of the street.

I may be a real bad boy, but baby I'm a real good man.

We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

When you touch and change peoples lives with a song, that's when you've made it as an artist

When all is said and done, I'd never count the cost. It's worth all that's lost, just to see you smile.

Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade, but the memory of a first love never fades away.

Art's for art. Money's for pizza.

I don't know where I'd be without you here with me. Life with you makes perfect sense. You're my best friend.

I still got a few more dances with the devil...

What you do when nobody is there is your true you!

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.

Let the light be called Day so that men may grow corn or take busses.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

You can make yourself the greatest singer in the world or the best drummer in the world with the aid of technology.

Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

There are persons who elected to give their existence to God. They are happy, happy in their self-giving.

And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.

The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up.

There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.