There are two insults no human being will endure: that he has no sense of humor and that he has never known trouble.

It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

When you are kind to someone in trouble you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.

I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good.

I was a loner as a child and happiest at home launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome.

Believe me you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home.