I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

Live for each second without hesitation

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

Traveling in other countries is especially fun because others often attribute your differences to the less-stigmatizing idea that you're like this only because you're a foreigner.

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.

Weak, feeble and foolish as it may seem to people, the simple story of the Cross is enough for all mankind in every part of the globe.

My lady had the body of a siren, the face of a goddess, and the mind of an Armenian camel dealer.

Violence among boys is so valorized and so encouraged that you have to do things different in violence prevention with boys than with girls.

It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

Stocks of companies selling commodity-like products should come with a warning label: "Competition may prove hazardous to human wealth".

My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.