He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

There is no way you’re going to have an event like 9/11 and expect things to remain the same. They killed 3,000 people in New York on that day, and if they could have they would’ve killed 300,000.

I’m not ashamed to dress ‘like a woman’ because I don’t think it’s shameful to be a woman.

We want a few mad people now. See where the sane ones have landed us!

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

We need a president with tremendous intelligence, smarts, cunning, strength and stamina.

I’m always eager to return to the hospitality of the Southern states….Towns and cities that hold fond memories for me personally, places that gave birth to so much of the music I love.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world.

I hope that things will not come to provocations (during the soccer World Cup). If this happens I think it would have very serious consequences for the Ukrainian government in general.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

I am not interested in compromising my music to make it palatable to an assumed sub-standard mass.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

I think I had the best of James [Taylor]. I mean, I was so in love with him. Not with blinders on – I was in love with him because he is a remarkable man, and he gave me a tremendous amount.

Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Thanks jet lag it’s now 4am but I’m still in a 1pm body.

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don’t be afraid to fail.

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say what is and what is definitely not possible.