Just make music; don't talk about politics.

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.

I'm not always a heartbroken guy. I like to laugh, act silly, dance. There are so many more colors to me. I really can be fun.

Our hearts can always be in the same place, centered on God.

Don't say 'the White House wants.' Buildings can't want.

Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

Gold will be slave or master.

A monkey could drive this train.

It's Annie and me they're all sitting around here like cardboard people judging; It's Annie and me. And what we did that they think is wrong, when you pare it all down, was fall in love.

You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.