I never know what will happen. I have fallen on my face - not literally, thank goodness! - many times. But I always survive. And I don't let it stop me.

Put positive energy out into the world. If everybody did that, we would be in harmony.

Music in general and lately opera in particular fills my soul with hope and inspiration.

Nothing matters as long as you are kind and authentic. If you are, then you did your best, and that is all you can do.

Love is all that matters.

I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.

It is important to me to keep trying to push myself to try lots of new musical styles and approaches. To keep growing. It is my version of jumping out of planes.

Come out, O lions, and shake off the ancient mysticism and prejudices.

If you don't like the Fruits you are growing, then change the Seeds you are sowing. -RVM

Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one.

Tell it fast before you get scared and silence yourself. You’ll never wish you’d held back a little more.

Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.

A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others.

This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've been here in the last three decades.

But the world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.

You're actually using your brain. That's what comes from associating with me.

If you were seeing a lot of horseshit, there had to be a pony in the vicinity.