Because I was small, I was getting the hell kicked out of me playing football.
I have notes in my bathroom, yellow notes, and I stick ‘em on the mirror, things that happened that were uplifting boosters for me. Notes that say, “Today is special, make today count.” And then I have one note on the mirror in the middle that says, “Look at the other notes.
Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It’s a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.
Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.
I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn’t keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students.
I felt alienated at school, and I never did well with girls.
I’ve always had a problem with people who couldn’t tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they’re wrong.
I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent and certainly not the president of the United States.
I recorded the song live in front of an orchestra, and yes, I was very moved, I was in tears.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love, It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
If Bush said just once: ‘Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,’ or showed some humanity.
It’s not getting any better, is it? I don’t want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.
I never liked hearing anyone say I was the new George Gershwin, because I knew I could have never even carried that man’s music case. If George Gershwin hadn’t died when he was thirty-nine years old, there is no knowing how much more great music he would have written.