I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

The wealth of a society isn't measured at the top, but at the bottom

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.

I believe anger is a wasted emotion, and I don't like to waste emotions.

I gradually realized that I was seeing another example of creative ebb, another step by another art on the road that may indeed end in extinction.

To work best democracy needs a diversity of thoughts, ideas and expression. This is only possible with freedom and civility.

Perhaps there's given up being magic because people didn't believe in it any more.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

The real thing, when done right , is always better than a daydream

Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we are placed upon this earth and endowed with freedom.

I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

I don't know why it (stardom) happened-but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.

Other people must be destroyed. In order that I might truly face the sun, the world itself must be destroyed.