21 Quotes by Hal David

Loneliness remembers what happiness forgets

I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'...

The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I’m optimistic.

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven’t gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose, but it has a nonromantic view of life and of social feelings. There may be a void in that.

He's one of the all-time great guitarists, and worked wonders making guitars, and here he is still around, still playing and having this great award on his birthday.

I’m never gonna stop the rain by complainin’...

Loneliness remembers what happiness forgets.

It’s not just a revue where one song is done, then another. There are concepts and ideas at work.

I tended not to be concerned about whether a song was going to be a hit when I wrote it. Because it became evident that none of us knew what was a hit and what wasn’t. So I thought if I just write what I like, why shouldn’t people like what I like?