I use quite a bit in my kitchen, but the one thing that's an absolute must would have to be my high-speed blender.

To me, food is a representation of your soul.

Each meal is an opportunity to express yourself to others, sharing a different perspective of your personality.

I have the privilege to make ethical choices through my food each day. It's beyond nourishment to me. Each meal represents a lifestyle I passionately believe in.

Food is love, for my body, wellbeing, and the animals that go unheard every day.

I very strongly supported the agreement which makes certain that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

Even [Bill] Clinton ran on my program of "workfare instead of welfare." Of which I was the first American politician, starting in 1989, who brought that up. And that helped him get elected.

If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love again and you can vicariously through a book.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.

It is possible to deal with the entire environment as a work of art.

Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?

It was a different planet in 1967, the Broadway theatre. It had a little ashtray clamped to the back of every seat and the author got 10% of the gross.

If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.