A fool mistakes meekness for weakness and a quiet tongue for an idle mind.

One thing I am learning is to slow down. Multitasking is great, but I when try to do everything at warp speed I just end up with typos and stress.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. Ive said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

Do I midnight snack? Not a lot, but sometimes. And it's usually Doritos Cooler Ranch. I know that's terrible, especially for a pro athlete, but they're just so good.

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

Her desire for fame is like her hair. It keeps getting bigger. [on Diana Ross

My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his lovely voice.

Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources.

I don't feel old, except in the morning once in a while, when I can't turn over properly and say, "What's that? When did that happen?" Our brain doesn't accept that. We're geared to last.

What's the point of living if you don't feel alive?

I don't drop players. I make changes.

He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

I stood staring, not as yet realising that this was death leaping from man to man in that little distant crowd.

There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

Not only is he my broadcast partner, but we travel together so much, he's become like my best friend.

I like writing about biology, not doing it.

When you're shy, a camera becomes an entry into life. It was a kind of shield I could hide my shyness behind, and it allowed me to become an active observer rather than a passive one.

I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.