I am bigger on the inside But you have to come inside to see me

When we really see each other, we want to help each other.

In both the art and the business worlds, the difference between the amateurs and the professionals is simple: The professionals know they're winging it. The amateurs pretend they're not.

Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing.

Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me. Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you. But asking for help with gratitude says: We have the power to help each other.

I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometimes in combat boots.

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

Art is food for the soul, and an artistic climate is a healthy climate because it breeds empathy.

I crave intimacy to the same burning degree that I detest commitment.

I think people have been obsessed with the wrong question, which is how do we make people pay for music? What if we started asking, how do we let people pay for music?

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

Forget seizing the moment. Seize the opportunity.

I want to write a book like a cloud that changes as it goes.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.

Tolerance ain't the same as acceptance, even though we all wish it was.

Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people

God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.

You know what's really hot? Pop-and-locking, ticking. The moonwalk. Tricks like that.

He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him.

It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people.