Davey Crocket, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland..

I was thinking of the Four Seasons, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and when I was thinking "Uptown Girl!" I was trying to sing like Frankie Vall….

Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener..

Remember how I found you there alone in your electric chair, I told you dirty jokes until you smiled..

Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by..

Usually when I'm writing, I try to write fairly quickly. If a song sits around too long, it starts to take on a stink. Most of my songs are written i….

You only beat me if you get me to hate..

Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be?.

I don't belong in limos or private jets or on stage with people cheering me but that's what's kept me grounded because I know it's not right..

I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really sucks' and 'You've lo….

You may be wrong, but you may be right..

Though you can see when you're wrong, you know you can't always see when you're right..

I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I've been looking for..

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift..

So I would choose to be with you, That's if the choice were mine to make, But you can make decisions too, And you can have this heart to break.

No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears. Why can't we learn from all we've been through after two thousand years?.

I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies, all I want is someone to believe..

You look so polished from your hair down to your toes, but still your finger's gonna pick your nose..

I am the entertainer, the idol of my age I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines But if….

Out of respect for the things that I was never destined to do, I have learned that my strengths are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to m….

There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What a….