No one chooses which culture to be born into or can be blamed for how that culture evolved in past centuries.

Civilization is the commercialization of survival.

You can't be chasing 15 rabbits. Otherwise, the public mind cannot follow you.

I can go from one extreme to another, from playing at the Sydney Opera House on the Songbook tour to shows with Soundgarden at Voodoo Fest, all in a week.

The truly liberated human being is not always fighting against something, but more frequently is fighting for something or someone.

A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.

Years ago when a man began to notice that if he stood up on the subway he was immediately replaced by two people, he figured he was getting too fat.

I listen to a little Marina & The Diamonds. She has a song called 'Teen Idle' that I really like.

Architecture is an expression of values.

When you look death in the eye and death blinks first, nothing seems impossible.

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.