Bad ages to live through are good ages to learn from.

The first rule of democracy is to distrust all leaders who begin to believe their own publicity.

I am 30, but there are things about me that are still 15.

I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!

The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority.

All I can say, in answer to this kind queries [of friends] is that I have not the distemper called the Plague; but that I have allthe plagues of old age, and of a shattered carcase.

I'm one of the few people I know who believes in God.

To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to listen to.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

There are three kinds of people who run toward disaster, not away: cops, firemen and reporters.

My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.