As Branford Marsalis said in a beautiful essay he write upon Clarence's death, C was blessed with 'the power of musical intent.

All I do know is that as we age the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier...much heavier. With each passing year, the price of our refusing to do that sorting rises higher and higher.

As we'd slogged away for weeks on the Convention Hall stage in isolation, trying to pump life into our much-vaunted songbook, there'd been only one thing missing: you.

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

Aging is scary but fascinating, and great talent morphs in strange and often enlightening ways.

I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.

You’re attacking that one like a wolverine.

Mitt Romney, two-time Republican presidential candidate, is going to fight Evander Holyfield for charity. I hope they save some of that money for funeral expenses.

Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.

Well, I may not be the youngest candidate in this race. But I will be the youngest woman President in the history of the United States!

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

When we did the first sequel [of the Austin Powers] , it was on coattails of the first one doing so well when it was released on video, so we really didn't know what to do with the second plot.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

I've got my old favorites like The Eagles and Bon Jovi.

What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.