A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after.

I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I tell kids, don't trust the media. The media with their emphasis on fame is helping to destroy this country, helping destroy the human race. It's the plug-in drug.

Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.

Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.

This world is so full of hypocrisy, the only way you can be honest is to be a hermit.

Long live teachers of children, because they can show children how they can save the world.

If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.

History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.

I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

I think every single American believes they have a right to clean air and clean water.

Our father in heaven governs the affairs of men by placing specific individuals upon the earth to lead at specific times and inspiring and directing them.

Of course, plenty of people don't think that guaranteeing affordable health insurance is a core responsibility of government.

A king should die standing.

It's the most ambitious power grab I've ever witnessed.

So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go.

I don't choose to analyze what I have done and I think that is the right choice, because then I won't be spending my time creating.