Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.
[In 1969] I think lyrics have always been important to any serious writer of music.
Get out there and improvise and take chances and don’t be a perfectionist.
Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.
Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Little difficulties are made to swell until they fill our horizon while the real big blessings of life are dwindled down to nothing.
It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money
A man is as old as his arteries.
Who we are now is all that really matters.
I was a very confident little kid.
I think music needs to be of its time and speak to that time.
Some people are stuck on who I was that who I am never even had a chance.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Parisian men make love all day and have no time to work; American men work all day and have no time for love.
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
I’m really, really enjoying myself, I seem to have a lot of purpose in my life. I’m enjoying what I’m doing, you know, and people are liking it. So, it’s great, you know.
Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any.
We’ve designed swimming pools that turn into ballrooms, and fitted security devices that fill a garage with gas if someone is stealing your car.
