New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be -- she was a librarian, after all.

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period.

My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

I don't worry about getting tired. I try not to let it guide me as far as how much I'm going to play. I play with my heart.

Young men still desire women as much as ever, even though they don't want to marry them as much.

The 'Star Wars' movie is coming out. Disney has kept the details of the movie under wraps because they're not Sony.

For the immediate future, at least, the outlook (stocks) is bright.

I wasn't ready to write my own songs when I was in my early 20s. I'm still growing but I definitely grew because of my experiences on the road and in the studio.

I regard the whole university system as a wretched sham. Knowledge! It has no more to do with knowledge than my boots.

It's hard enougth to find intelligent life right here in Washington!