When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.

The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.

I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.

A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.

The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

Or you just might say that destiny finally caught up with me.

I never really think much about the size of a production because I think as an actor, once you're in it, it's all the same. I never ever pick projects based on their size.

I loved the fact that I was suddenly no longer dependent on whether a store took out an ad in the right place, or on the word on the street.

All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

My life's like a big tour. It's cool, I'm still semi-young. I'm not too old yet where it's like, "I hate the road!" As long as I'm not anywhere for too long. I like to keep moving.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.

Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.