Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.

The first revolution is when you change your mind

Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.

America .. the international Jekyll and Hyde ... the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises

If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.

The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

The revolution will be no re-run brothers, The revolution will be live.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.

I cannot afford to watch Fox News.

Having one king, one god, one belief, they can act single-mindedly.

Never complain or criticize

There are a lot of good women in New York.

You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.

It's you people dying from nothing that are screwed. I got all sorts of neat gadgets waiting for me...oxygen tent, iron lung.

Of course, you can say it backwards, which is dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus, but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?

I don't think that growing up in the entertainment industry is the healthiest place for kids. The track record kind of shows that.

I wasn't on the board of Lehman Brothers. I was a banker, and I was proud of it and I traveled the country and learned how people make jobs.

Fine conduct is always spontaneous.

In any restaurant of this caliber, the chefs are in the same position, building relationships.