I want my music to leave an indelible mark.

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.

The human mind is a wonderful thing, it starts working from before you're born and doesn't stop till you sit down to write a song.

Wow. Imagine what God could have done if he'd had money.

But you can be happy, if you've a mind to!

It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it.

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.

Age doesn't make a man.

. . . And some people sing and dance.

My uncle used to love me, but she died.

If I had my life to live over... I wouldn't have time.

There’s beggary in the love that can be reckoned. (Anthony & Cleopatra - Shakespeare.

One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

I can tell by your eye shadow, you're from Brooklyn, right? . . . Me too. My mother has plastic covers on all the furniture. Even the poodle. Looked like a barking hassock walking down the street.

The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation's losing battle against it.

I learned a lot of good things in my school. I've audited a lot of other schools, and I guess after a while I got a little tired of the acting school atmosphere.

What she couldn't put into word was what had happened in between to change her from one person into the other

You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay.

I don't think we expect enough of students. They just need someone to show them the way.