I'm just an old maid with an attraction to men..

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]..

With our human limitations we're not always able to understand the explanations..

We don't have an explanation for everything that happens. We don't control almost anything. And if we are not open to that mystery, life becomes so s….

I have nothing intelligent to say..

If you eliminate all possible explanations, then the impossible is the answer..

There are alternate explanations for everything..

When I sing, people shut up..

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them..

I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of.

I don't read books, I write them..