I have my own goals in my head in terms of things that would be great to happen.

I do think that really great music will divide people, and people will love and hate it at the same time.

I think in music there is just something inherently spiritual in singing together and harmonizing, and gospel is the truest form of that.

If you're religious or not, the world and society lacks as much of community spirit as it had.

When you write songs, you try to tap into something that isn't straightforward in your head. Whatever you're feeling most strongly about usually comes out in your writing.

Work It Harder Make It BetterDo It Faster, Makes Us strongerMore Than Ever Hour AfterOur Work Is Never Over-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, lyrics and music by Daft Punk

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

In order to play jazz, you have to be able to play the blues.

What sort of government is it that permits so many children to go to school hungry, without even a morsel of food in their stomachs? It cannot be! It must not be!

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

Pray, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts.