70 Quotes by Rod McKuen

I can't understand people who give up and commit suicide. If I have a bad day, I figure tomorrow will be better. And even if it isn't, at least it isn't any worse.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

It seems to me that it's every man's obligation to make what contribution he can. You live each day as best you can. That, to me, is what makes life interesting.

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

I try not to put messages in my songs. My only message is man's communication with his fellow man. I want to narrow the gap of strangeness and alienation.

For many people, I was a phase, a part of the period of growing up. People ask me why I connected. It was presumptuous of me to say, but I'm Everyman. The difference is I put my thoughts into words.

I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.