I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'

Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia.

I was good at math, math was my thing - but I was not nearly good enough to be an astrophysicist. I was way outta my league. I realized this very quickly.

In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.

One of the most important things is just to be kind to other people. That is absolutely really important to us, and important to me. That's something that you need to help your kids with, for sure.

I'm horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad.

Obviously, guns are a way to protect yourself.

Peter Dinklage is one of my oldest friends from New York!

When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.

Being a father is just wonderful.

I'm used to getting reviews. I try not to read much because you'll always focus on the bad ones and not remember the good ones, so it can be a negative thing for a performer.

Nourish your reasoning skills my friend, they are the most effective tool you can ever have in the path of progress.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

Mathematics is the art of accurate reasoning on inaccurately-drawn figures... let that be our motto.

Every night I pray to God: 'Please, no more wack MC's.'

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

Deception, machination and mendacity lie at the core of human intelligence, like worms coiled at the core of a apple

I think purple is the only color that suits me most.

My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.

Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth.