A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

You are the only one who knows what is best for yourself. Find it IN you.

How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.

Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. It's not about nutrients and calories. It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity.

I mean, in rock music terms I'm like a dinosaur.

Except for fools and madmen, everyone knows that nuclear war would he an unprecedented human catastrophe.

I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out.

If we're going to be successful in taking on the billionaire class, we need a strong national grassroots movement.

I love being in borrowed houses. I love being a bit out of my context. I miss my context dreadfully, but I'm excited by that.

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

Unless we establish some form of world government, it will not be possible for us to avert a World War III in the future.