I was happiest, frankly, when I had a day job and then I went and was in my band that I never, ever had dreams of making money, ever.

The history of pop is a progression of underground styles going mainstream, so there's nothing unusual about the White Stripes or Franz Ferdinand selling records.

My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped my thinking more than the work of any critic.

Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.'

The only time I made money was when I licensed my own solo guitar record, which sold maybe seven copies.

Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?

What the world neglects, the Lord accepts.

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

I'm over there filming in South Africa now, and two in five are HIV-positive now. Not many people know that.

Dreams are shores where the ocean of spirit meets the land of matter. Dreams are beaches where the yet-to-be, the once-were, the will-never-be may walk awhile with the still-are.

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

JPMorgan is a very good franchise. And the way you should look at a franchise, a business, is from the standpoint of the customers.

I believe health care is a basic right. If education - you're entitled to an education, why wouldn't you be entitled to adequate health care? Period.

May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.

I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.