Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

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.

Anything Freed with Guns will Go Back Eventually.

Problems are part of life and within the obstacles it creates are brilliant miracles for the enduring folks.

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women.

It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.

Why not show off if you've got something to show?

As far as socially redeeming value, I hope I don't have any.

I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills.

I think about it all the time. I love filmmaking. Whether I'd be in front of the camera or behind the camera, I just love that world.

There's no such thing as an unimportant day.