Music is to the soul what words are to the mind.

I know he's rich. He knows he's rich, too.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

If we want to change the systems we are part of - our countries, communities, organizations, and families - we must also see and change ourselves

If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism.

I want to see unity. I want to see peace. I want people to be free to speak, be educated. I want people to be able to feed themselves.

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.

Who was the founder of American education? John Dewey - you know that very well - card-carrying Communist. The American education system, in America - one of the so-called 'founders' was a Communist

We must remain human, even in the most difficult times … Because, despite everything, there must always be humanity within us. We have to bring it to others.

I am much perturbed by this business of sickness. Our bodies seem so easily to leap into the saddle where our minds should be. People who are ill become changelings.