The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.
I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success.
I sometimes feel ashamed that I am devoting myself to artistic pursuits while so many of our people are suffering and dying for us. It's true that fretting never did any good.
If you wait until your children are high school seniors to spring it on them that there's not a whole lot of money for school, they won't have too many options.
I play all my own instruments. I write my own material. And I do not lip-synch. I sing live.
Their [artists'] essential effort is to catapult themselves wholly, without holding back one bit, into a course of action without having any idea where they will end up. They are like riders who gallop into the night, eagerly leaning on their horse's neck, peering into a blinding rain. And they have to do it over and over again.