The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial it was something very personal to me.

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.

I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds.

You know, I can be the happiest man in the world with minimal record success.

I want to see success right away. And I want to never give up, never stop.

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.