I don't like old people on a rock and roll stage. Me included.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

But if we are talking in terms of making progress in life, we must understand that "good enough" is very different from "best.

We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.

There is a close logical connection between the concept of a safety margin and the principle of diversification.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply. I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie.

I have tried... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have tried to get home with the downies.

I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.

Poor people have sh*tty lobbyists.

If you really want to engage in policy activity, don't make that your vocation. Make it your avocation. Get a job. Get a secure base of income. Otherwise, you're going to get corrupted and destroyed.

I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that.