Occupation: Former United States Senator Birth: November 29, 1928 Death: December 9, 2003
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 ….
Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told..
I just said, you know, this is a great track but this lyric, I don't believe it. It sounds like I'm trying to say something, instead of it naturally ….
Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates. The earth is blue. And everything about it is a love song. Everything about it..
As soon as your mind knows that it's on and it's supposed to produce some lines, either it doesn't or it produces things that are very predictable. A….
To get the stuff out of you, especially if what you're dealing with is yourself, requires you to open up and touch tender spots. You have to be anest….
I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent..
I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with al….
I don't like fashion. It's very heartless..
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock..
Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists. But they were never writi….
Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts..
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go..
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music..
The dialogue between what's going on in the world and what's going on internally seems to be a natural thing - well, it's natural to me, anyway, to h….
I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you're wrong, you….
People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go..
They've got a wall in China, it's a thousand miles long. To keep out the foreigners, they made it strong. And I've got a wall around me, you can't ev….
Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales..
All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point..
Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that..