I Can Quotes

There were a lot of songs that I still wanted to put on the album but it worked out. I can only fit 18 [tracks] on the album, I would put 30 if I could.

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

My brain can think faster than I can, Im not fast enough. Who is there to talk to that wont lock me up?

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

I think I am most comfortable when I am on stage. I feel free, like I can be or do anything and it feels like home.

The more I make the more I can give away.

I can't remember. . . . My character was sort of unconscious for it.

I haven't spoken to Oprah herself. She had so much going on, since her network show was wrapping up at the time we were shooting. I can't fault her for that.

Everyone who was here [Sheraton Universal Hotel] when I won still works here, so the two biggest moments in my career are intersecting. It's so cool that I can say "hi" to everybody.

I can't say I agree with something that takes the focus away from me.

I don't like the idea of drama schools. They only perpetuate the myth that everyone can do what I do

I can't work in Brooklyn. Unless I'm completely locked away in a studio, there's just too much distraction and stimulation.

I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.

I dropped out of high school and I tried to go to community college for a little while. I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.

I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it.

I can't wait to retire from acting and just sit around and get fat.

I'm looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch those acting muscles. But I wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis.

I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.

Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.

I feel very vulnerable at Halloween. I feel that people who might come to the door might not have candy intentions. I'm a little lady and I can be overcome.

I can remember that little thrill - that little shiver of excitement - when the Opry audience would encore a person because that person had touched them so.

I do not believe in a label on a shirt or a dress should tell me that I can't wear a T-shirt or a pant because it should say "women's"or "men's" on it, you know? That's just not how it should work.

I've seen looks before that have literally taken my breath away - like someone on the red carpet and it's just like I can't even breathe, like you get some type of amazing anxiety.

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.

The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis. The more I understand myself, the more effectively I can work with others.

I can feel my father's spirit within me. I can feel similarities within us from the artistic perspective from being a musician. We have a lot of similarities.

I hate going to bed. I read scripts, clean, listen to the radio - I've fallen asleep to 'This American Life' more times than I can count!

I'm always learning. I can't imagine doing anything else.

I've been taking pictures since I was probably 16. I'm 54, and I can't believe how excited I am.

You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that.

It's strange because a lot of people are like, 'You can't change human nature-people are inherently negative.' I don't think that's true. If you expect the best from people, they'll step up.

I can't even remember the first time I started singing.

I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.

I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.

I've been watching a lot of Joni Mitchell YouTube clips and I can't believe her transformation from this folk singer in Canada.

I can't destroy the whole army, and anyway [Tikka Khan] bad reputation for the events in Dacca is exaggerated.

Always go as far as you can see, then let faith take you the rest of the way.

The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

My affliction has been... I can make something or draw something or design something better than I can explain it.

My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.

Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.

I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.

Learn, relearn and outlearn.

Motivate yourself, you can be great.

There is no limit to what you can do, when you focus on your strength.

Be all that you can be.You can be great.

Be yourself, be who you can be.