My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

Embrace nature's brutal perfection.

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy

I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

If someone deprives you of history deprives you of your future

I was convinced that I would be, that I was already, one in a million.

I hope to die in the saddle seat.

Steel is prince or pauper.

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'

The surest way to get a job done is to give it to a busy man. He'll have his secretary do it.

I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?

This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here.