In fact, we have never had more invasions of privacy than we have now [with Barack Obama].

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Music fountains from purity, travels through serenity and dissolves with tranquility.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself and not upon other men has adopted the very best plan for living happily.

I graduated from college in 1980.

The large executive chair elevates the sitter. and it is covered with the skin of some animal, preferably your predecessor.

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.

Animals are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.

There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

Life itself is your proper meal.

I have always known that I wanted to work with youth through the arts and I believe the arts can help young people cope with hardship.

One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.