Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.

A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it.

Tragedy is restful: and the reason is that hope, that foul, deceitful thing, has no part in it.

It is the passion inside me that means I keep going. I love what I do, and I think I am lucky to do it. When I am riding a quiet country road, I hear the birds singing and think, 'I am in my office now.'

What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to retire will be, but I know that I'm not done yet. Something still feels unfinished, and that's why I'm going to keep going.

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

I find inspiration by feeling like I haven't done or achieved anything. I push all songs I've written to the furthest part of my mind so I am not thinking of what I've done. I continue to think on what I need to do.