The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.

There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.

You tell me over and over and over again, my friend, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin

You may leave here for four days in space, but when you return it's the same old place.

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.

You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.

You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'.

To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music.

Do not allow the vision to die in your heart

The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender your will to change and experience life. But options are before you

I'm too cynical to be an optimist.

He wants to live on through something - and in his case, his masterpiece is his son. All of us want that, and it gets more poignant as we get more anonymous in this world.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

It's really hard to get to know me, or any candidate. And I would be asked questions like, well, why are you really running for president?

When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it's thankless and fruitless and you can't accomplish much.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.