Things never are as bad as they seem.

Fools rush in, where wise men never go, But wise men never fall in love, so how are they to know?

Day in, day out. That same old voodoo follows me about.

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

It takes more talent to write music, but it takes more courage to write lyrics.

Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew. Everything was ours; how happy we were then, but then once upon a time never comes again.

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positiveE-lim-i-nate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmative.Don't mess with mister inbetween.

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be?

You must write for the waste basket.

The days of wine and roses laugh and run away like a child at playThrough the meadow land toward a closing doorA door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before

When the sweet talkin's done, a man is a two face, a worrisome thing who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.

When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.

Who is this repulsive dwarf?

A person begins to live a moral life when they cease asking what life will provide them and begins to determine what he or she expects from oneself.

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The setting is a worthy one, if the devil did desire to have a hand in the affairs of men.

All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

I suppose happiness is something one enjoys, but I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

At either end of any food chain you find a biological system-a patch of soil, a human body-and the health of one is connected-literally-to the health of the other.

Do what's right and you'll please some of the people and astound the rest.

I was writing music for the sake of writing music; it was just fun.