I think the world of Chuck Berry.

You fog the mind, you stir the soul.

You don't stumble upon your heritage. It's there, just waiting to be explored and shared.

Give us the strength, give us the wisdom, and give us tomorrow.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.

There is an extraordinary collaborative spirit when you are learning and growing.

Boy, do I got some stories to tell.

I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'

How many troubles (oopadhi) should you keep? Do not invite those that do not come and don't stop the ones that are leaving.

The guilt applies only to those things that are being given away for free.

Pick something else".For an instant's flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.

Accursed thirst for gold! what dost thou not compel mortals to do?

I cannot do everything but still I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

The potential for synthetic biology and biotechnology is vast we all have an opportunity to create the future together.

I don't hate cats...as long as they stay on the freeway, where they belong.

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural.

I come from athletics and I have a pretty big boxing background, so I never really shy away or get nervous about the physical rigors of filmmaking.

I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time.