I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique.

What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.

I hated the thought of being just a songwriter.

Don't feel sorry for me.

We all have dreams, whether it be about success in our careers, improving our relationship with family and friends, or sorting out our finances.

Life imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this.

Well, the good Lord and good luck must have been with me because I did exactly what I said I was going to do.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

No one could ride a horse if the horse discovered its real strength. The same thing is true for people.

his mistake in having stopped only three feet from gold, "but," he said, "that experience was a blessing in disguise. It taught me to keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be, a lesson I needed to learn before I could succeed in anything.

The habit of planting in the mind a definite aim, objective, or purpose, and visualizing that objective until ways and means for its realization have been created.

Motive is the seed from which big sales grow.