I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.
Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.