"Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring."

“I plan to die at my desk.”

“You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.”

“Ive had about 140 albums released, and Ive done everything I wanted to do.”

“The art of never making a mistake is crucial to motherhood. To be effective and to gain the respect she needs to function, a mother must have her children believe she has never engaged in sex, never made a bad decision, never caused her own mother a moment's anxiety, and was never a child.”

“The Arts are fundamental resources through which the world is viewed, meaning is created, and the mind developed. To neglect the contribution of the Arts in education, either through inadequate time, resources, or poorly trained teachers, is to deny children access to one of the most stunning aspects of their culture and one of the most potent means for developing their minds.”

“I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.”

“School choice opponents are also dishonest when they speak of saving public schools. A Heritage Foundation survey found that 47 percent of House members and 51 percent of senators with school-age children enrolled them in private schools in 2001. Public school teachers enroll their children in private schools to a much greater extent than the general public, in some cities close to 50 percent.”

“If society abolishes poetry it commits spiritual suicide.”