Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people or fools would think it was bad.

In retrospect, all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand, all revolutions seem impossible.

In the short run, the big windfall winners ... have been the Islamists.

Russians don't want to fight ISIS in Syria. They want to leave that to us. Aside from that, I don't know what are the objectives that Mr. Trump seeks in having a good relationship with Mr. Putin.

I think something that's really understudied and misunderstood is the use of information.

We can deal with Russia on counterterrorism. We have and I think we are right now. That's easy.

The Devil always takes back his own.

Most people, faced with two difficult choices, prefer not to choose at all.

An angry people cannot create anything that is not imbued with anger.

I don't know why it is, but I just love soul music and all that old country stuff. I guess somehow my heart mixed them both together as I made my albums.

What we are seeking is the nexus of all possible worlds and states of mind, which is within us. The source of yin and yang is within you.

My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.

I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

And still as an adult like I do as well, you know what I mean like I literally just cried in the first interview that I had today. Like, I'm just a very emotional human.

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.