And unless you have that sense of being creative, people think you're just working all the time.

I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and having that rhythm and blues - the blues background was my big inspiration.

I think Ingmar Bergman, Francoise Truffaut - all these people created images in my mind, beautiful pictures, I loved what was known at that time as the foreign film.

Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.

I was lucky enough to first meet Elvis at his house in Bel Air and he used to invite different artists, singers and musicians, to come and jam with him at his house.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love.

I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.

Ignorance is kind of bliss.

I think to just single out a highlight of Elvis's career is pretty much impossible. As far as being a fan of his, a lifetime fan, there were just too many highlights.

Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure.

People aren't born sad.We make them that way.

No, it’s fine. I know you’re late. Maybe we can talk tomorrow, but I’m going to be in and out all day.”“That’s what he said, ” she purred.

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

No sign, so far, of anything sinister—but I live in hope.

Fashion goes beyond fabric; it is the attempt to manifest art on a breathing canvas. I am very excited to collaborate with the artistic community as we celebrate this diversity of creative vision.

No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith.

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala," I say with an affected bow.

Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.

Personally, I don't pick books for how people think about me. I read books so I can learn.

But Sasha who after all had no English blood in her but was from Russia where the sunsets are longer, the dawns less sudden, and sentences often left unfinished from doubt as to how best to end them.