People in England were coming up to me, saying, My mother and father turned me on to your music. This happened to me 20 years ago. When I was 40 they were saying that.
Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions.
My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.
Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.
To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?
I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, 'I can fly!' Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.
You know that saying, bad things don't happen to good people? That's a lie.