Time Washes Clean, Love's Wounds Unseen.

When I Was Taking Arithmetic In The First Grade I Said To Myself, "i'm Going To Be A Singer. I Don't Have To Worry About Numbers." I Didn't Think I Was Going To Be Famous Or A Star.

Your Musical Soul Is Like Facets Of A Jewel, And You Stick Out One Facet At A Time ... (and) I Tend To Work Real Hard On Whatever It Is I Do, To Get It Up To Speed, Up To A Professional Level. I Tend To Bury Myself In One Thing For Years At A Time.

I Think The Zenith Of Popular Songwriting To The United States Of America Was That Period That Started In The '20s And Went Into The '50s. It Was The Period Of The Great American Standard Song.

I Never Thought I'd Write, Because I'd Never Written Anything In My Whole Life.

I Believe In The Empirical Wisdom Of Science, Just To Start With, So I Hope That There Might Be Some Treatment Out There That Might Be Helpful.