I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though.

I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.

I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50.

A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

I have a natural swagger.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.

Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

The greatest justice in life is that your vision and looks tend to go simultaneously.

I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance.

Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

Loneliness Ends With Love

My wife and I have always trusted each other, and I have to thank her strength.

Time collapses and expands like an erratic accordion.

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living the fantasy. My worst day is a great day.

I was making a film [Dream of Life] about Patti [Smith], but I was taking pictures, too.

jealousy, the most hideous emotion any human being ever suffers, has nothing to do with the mind. Or not at first.

Every man who steeps himself in the spiritual possibilities of his heart is a valuable helper in the building of the spiritual pyramid which will someday reach to heaven.