"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death."

"Although I have lived in London, I have never really considered London my home because it was always going to be a stopping-off point for me, and it has been too."

"Making a Christmas album is looked upon by some people as the thing you do when you are heading towards retirement."

"I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought."

"Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades."

"Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves."

"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."

"For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them."