I pray to be the best thing ever but I also pray that for my colleagues. You're only as good as the person who can distract from what's meant to be happening.

I'm not pushing myself forward in denial of the moment. I'm pushing myself forward and enjoying every moment voraciously. I'm thinking about the next thing but not at the expense of the present.

I've always hid behind the music despite the fact that I have a huge personality. I'm thrilled that the music is bigger than me and will outlive and outlast me. It frees me up to take risks.

Often the most specific stories end up being the most universal.

There's no such word as genius, it is just the combination of hard work and determination.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.

What he needs now is to love and have that love returned.

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.

I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.

What we are doing is deeply unfair and a profound tragedy - what we're doing in the way of global warming, what we're doing to the oceans - and none of it makes any sense to me.