Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
Music is forever music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.
You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said "DoloresI live in fearMy love for you's so overpoweringI'm afraid that I will disappear
If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
I've got nothing to do today but smile.
I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.
Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.
My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.
Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.