I used to tell my mother, 'I'm going to have to get a real job one day.' You keep saying this will end one day, but people still call us up and ask us to sing. It's truly amazing.

We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it's our job to satisfy them.

We always felt that there was some hanky-panky going on with our money. We were the No. 1 group in the world, but we weren't paid like that.

I'm not an original member, though I'm sort of an original member. I've been on a lot of records and took them to great heights. For them to make me the sixth Temptation is quite an honor.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same.

Few would venture to deny the advantages of temperance in increasing the efficiency of a nation at war.