I'm creating an imaginary — it's always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

No matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

For me, when I want to be emotionally moved by a vocal, I don't want to hear auto tune on it, I want to hear the beautiful imperfections.

I have a single track mind. I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I don't get acquainted easily.

The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities.

The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

Jazz is part folk art, part progressive art.

I don't want this music to die.The older people are passing it on to the younger generation so the younger generation can pass it on to the next generation.