"One thing I am very strict about is that I don't like spending a lot of money on movies because the more money you spend I think the worse that they get."

“Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.”

“Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation.”

“One time a reporter asked me what my worst quality was. I looked him in the eyes then punched him in the face. I kind of felt bad about it later, but he didn't need to be rude.”

“She was white, perhaps too white. Her eyes, which were almost always cast down, when she raised them testified to the purest of souls, and when she smiled, revealing her small, white teeth, one might be tempted to say that a rose is merely a plant, and ivory just an elephant's tusk.”

“I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I just played the electric too hard and it sounded awful, so I gave it up.”

Source : "Tom Rush Interview: Celebrating 50 Years of Storytelling and Music". Interview with Ray Shasho, www.classicrockhereandnow.com. November 26, 2012.

“happiness makes us older, less romantic, less in need of dreams. Discontent, not happiness, is the food of youth and poetry.”

Source : Nan Fairbrother (1954). “An English Year”

“But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.”