The question why did you retire is a much nicer one than why don't you retire

Being a philosopher requires a lot of thinking and no action. Being a model requires a lot of action and no thinking.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

To treat an imperfect brother (or sister) impatiently is to advertise our own imperfections.

I know we can’t always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural – no epidural, no interventions.

Basically, my musical life is split between raving with drugged-up kids and reading obscure 75-year-old poetry, drinking very nice red wine with aged, graying men.

Words have always been political, and that means that, in many people's minds, dictionaries are political. Because that's what dictionaries do: they do words.

In a nutshell-I fear authority but at the same time I resent it-the authority and my own fear. So I rebel.

It's great when you know somebody and they keep surprising you.

Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.

I feel I am very fortunate to have a job that I really like.