Wake up curious, and determined to find an answer

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

One day you're the statue. One day you're the pigeon.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

A good marriage is a contest of generosity.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Do something you really love in the most adventurous place you can and make sure it helps other people.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

I have a liberal definition of news because I think news can be what excites people. I'm not very sanctimonious about what news is and isn't.

I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.

I so believe in the fact that we are somehow born to love the truth

I hope and pray to live the gospel. It is light and life to all who desire this great spiritual awaken.

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.

There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

And, as my father used to tell me growing up, "Play it beautiful, play it beautiful." He said, "I don't care if you don't hit all of the notes. If you don't move a person's heart, it's not music."

At the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, Hu opened a fortune cookie that said, 'You will lend us another trillion dollars.'

I think it's kinda funny that all these rappers that used to be gangsters and thugs are telling us not to download their music from the internet, because that's stealing. Wow talk about ironic.

Engineering and mixing are absolutely key. Once a song is done, for me personally, it's usually two or three days to get the mix down.

A team wins with the elimination of mistakes and with people who want to win and can't stand losing.

When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.

Love’s secret is always lifting its head out from under the covers, “Here I am!”