I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

You don’t have to wait until you get to the top of a mountain, to enjoy the view.

Every morning, the rising sun invites and inspires us to begin again.

I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.

School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

We're going to do a lot of work on the inner cities, I have great people lined up to help.

During my senior year I joined Skull and Bones, a secret society, so secret I can't say anything more.

We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.

Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition.

No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.