“There is no such thing as happy music.”

“I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.”

“With a heart filled with endless love for those who scorned me, I wandered far away. For many and many a year I sang songs. Whenever I tried to sing of love, it turned to pain. And again, when I tr...”

“You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.”

“Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.”

“Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.”

“I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.”

“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.”

“If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.”

“The only failure is not to try.”

“We decided to try in vitro, because both Peter and I felt we couldn't handle another failure. When I miscarried after that, we had to come to terms with the possibility that this wasn't meant to be.”

“I try to be cool with everybody, but sometimes, everybody just has different personalities, motives, and different characters.”

“Decorate your inner dreams with love, light and laughter”