A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes.

I Have traveled 201 countries including Hell (Norway), and the strangest thing I've seenwas man

My aunt had a season ticket for the Friday afternoon concerts, and I would go down for lessons. My lessons were Saturday morning.

Anybody who is born in Santa Rosa must turn out to be either an artist or a poet, for the spirit of the hills gets into your blood out there.

He was making all kinds of sounds apparently with his mouth, and shaking his head and I thought, gosh, is he trying to stop the orchestra? Is it all wrong? It was just unbelievable.

Why any one place should forever hold enchantment for the reason you are born there is a mystery.

Never forget to give. If you have nothing to give, then give your love and kindness.

iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up.

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.

I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.

Satisfaction may be the goal of the common man, but it is the enemy of greatness.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

I've got the body of a model and the face of a coal miner.

I was kind of unfriendly and suspicious of everyone around me. I didn't talk until I was about 15. It's a kind of famous story at my house.

I go on benders where I just exercise like a maniac. And then I go on benders where I just can only take baths. Like, I have to lay down to bathe, and I could go on that for six months.

There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak.