"It's all about synthesis, you don't have to be a real musician. You just synthesize your own reality, synthesize your own talents. Welcome to the electronic age."

“I've been going a long time now along the way I've learned some things. You have to make the good times yourself take the little times and make them into big times and save the times that are all right for the ones that aren't so good.”

Source : Rod McKuen (1970). “Listen to the Warm”

“Chess is a natural cerebral high.”

“But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.”

“I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.”

“Some men kneel and pray, I like women and I like wine.”

“You can get excited about the future. The past won't mind.”

“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.”

Source : Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.5, Wildside Press LLC

“The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fibre of my frame.”