There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.

Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings!

It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!

Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?

Life can only be understood backwards.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.

It is important to make the fans that support me feel supported.

I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.

I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.

Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

When I was eleven, I just got good.

Men sometimes have to leave their ladies alone, and ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools.

One wants to think that - and this is really a stupid thought - that through your art or whatever you do as an actor you can actually affect someone else's lives and thoughts or whatever.

I've always wanted to sing, just as I've always known that one day I would have my own niche in the annals of song. It was a feeling I had.

In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks." He could have said nothing to make me more proud; every Chick was needed before the end.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

A profusion of pink roses being ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.