Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.

Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

The problem of abolishing want is not a problem in division, as the politicians so often aver; it is a problem of multiplication.

How much you love yourself will define how much you can love others.

May the Creator be with you along unknown journey.

It takes courage to stand for what you believe in.

I'll write records until I'm dead. And then maybe even after that!

The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family.

Sometimes, when I was really loaded, I'd sit on the floor and sort out every nut and bolt in the house. It was just sheer insanity. And often there'd be speed in the cut, so I was a speed freak, too.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

[The photographer's task] is to describe the existing light... Chances are, if you believe the light, you're going to believe that the things photographed existed in the world.

Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, "This guy is very cool." I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.

If we fail, let us try again and again until we succeed.