I saw at a young age that one bad break can turn a family's financial life upside down. And it has affected everything in my life since then.

It's better to fight because if you don't fight, you can't win. Besides, even when you don't win, you can change the game.

If you don't have a seat at the table, you're probably on the menu.

It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try.

If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.

Keep a little space in your heart for the improbable. You won't regret it.

If there's any lesson I've learned in the last five years, it's don't be so sure about what lies ahead. There are amazing doors that could open.

Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born.

We don't win what we don't fight for.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.

The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Chemistrys a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.

Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.

In every domain of art, a work that corresponds to the need of its day carries a message of social and cultural value. It is the artist who crystallizes his age ... who fixes his time in history.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

I call it [Donald's Trump plan] trumped-up trickle-down, because that's exactly what it would be. That is not how we grow the economy.

Everyone thinks because we love cars and our dad was in the business, we love the mechanical end of cars.

My mother played piano so we always had music around the house