If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up

It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it.

I was just living my life, and that's what I wanted to do.

I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.

I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.

As the legend goes, when the Phoenix resurrects from the flames, she is even more beautiful than before.

The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time.

I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.

If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.

Love is the recognition of oneness in the world of duality.

Sporadic thoughts will pop into my head and I'll have to go write something down, and the next thing you know, I've written a whole song in an hour.

Rome has betrayed itself. It knew the truth and chose violence, it knew humaneness and it chose tyranny.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.

In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.