It was clear from the beginning that I was going to be a musician.

I think the 60s and 70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.

Believe it or not each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die

As I get older I find that the friendships that are the most certain, ultimately, are the ones where you and the other person have made substantial amounts of money for one another.

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.

Train your Children with Patience, Correct them in Love, Don't Discipline them out of hatred

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar.

I've always thought that the stereotype of the dirty old man is really the creation of a dirty young man who wants the field to himself.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.