I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose.

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.

Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.

Come back with me, Aria. Be with me.

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.

History is formed by the people, those who have power and those without power. Each one of us makes history.

Music is my life. It's inseparable from anything else that I do.

I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.

I love animals and plants and sometimes even people.

But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.

So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today.

I try to be a good, diligent actor.

Possibilities don't add up, they multiply.