I was never good at copying. I was better at doing my own thing!

I think no matter how much you learn, there's always more to learn.

I wanted to be like my heroes, but I also wanted to be me.

If you can keep learning, you can still do your thing, and keep singing or whatever, and still do innovative things.

I can go to India and draw 20,000 people at a concert, and it's really because I've built up an internet presence.

At age ten I switched to guitar, and I've loved the instrument ever since. And I love to practice. I just do. I just love guitar. It still brings a smile to my face!

If you love my work, you are a good critic. If you do not love my work, you are a 'not good' critic.

I have been quiet today because fear in my heart has been fighting with frustration in my brain, leaving little energy for my mouth.

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right.

I try really hard to cultivate the pure love of reading, to make time for it, because it would be really sad to still be a writer without remembering why, on some visceral, emotional level.

A major institutional reform is the move away from merely planning, to transforming India. The setting up of NITI Aayog, is a step in this direction.

I don't think England is that gray but India is like a long drone.

I love the Chinese words for greeting: not strictly 'Hello' but 'Have you eaten yet?

Ground which can be abandoned but is hard to re-occupy is called entangling.

You know, the big Valbowski is a lot like concrete mix. You know? You just get it a little wet, take a step back, and watch it get ROCK HARD!