Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.
Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they’re the gold.
Excuse me please, one more drink Could you make it strong cause I don’t need to think She broke my heart, my grace is gone One more drink and I’ll move on.
When I was a kid growing up in New York, I was pretty unaware of racism. I think when we’re young – before we lose our innocence – we’re sort of unaware of the more flawed qualities of each other.
A friend is always good to have, but a lover’s kiss is better than angels raining down on me.
The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there’s not a puppet master.
But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There’s incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope.
Some might tell you there’s no hope in hand Just because they feel hopeless But you don’t have to be a thing like that You be a ship in a bottle set sail.
We have to be active about kindness and about peace. I’ve always fantasized that it would be great if there was a Department of Peace.
How could I have been anyone other than me?
Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.
My songs are like a three-legged dog – you have to get to know them to have any love for them.
I think we should all talk to our enemies and talk to our friends. Talk! That’s the only way we’ll find solutions.
To change the world, Start with one step. However small, the first step is hardest of all.
It’s a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it’s pretty amazing.
I’m glad some people have that faith. I don’t have that faith. If there is a God, a caring God, then we have to figure he’s done an extraordinary job of making a very cruel world.
A dream is a massive magic trick of the mind. No amount of science could explain away the mysterious wonder.
So why would you care To get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, Such a happy human race. Eat, drink and be merry, For tomorrow we die.
Isn’t it strange how we move out lives for another day? Like skipping a beat, what if a great wave should wash us all away?
Goodnight moon. Sweet dreams. Smile kindly upon this little blue gum ball of us while we sleep.