If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

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.