I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.

I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.

Now I am a genius; before that I was a drudge.

The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?

I love going out and doing new things.

One certainty when you travel is the moment you arrive in a foreign country, the American dollar will fall like a stone.

Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?

When I finished graduate school, the first George Bush was president, and I really wanted to get out of the country. We'd just gone through the first Gulf War.

If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.

Those which might have some depth are corny enough to be hokey, and almost hokey enough to be folky, since folky is already so hokey anyhow.