No, the safest thing is to become an island. To make your house a citadel against all the garbage and ugliness in the world. How else can you be sure of anything?

Don't stop til you get to the top. And then break out the sledge hammer and keep on going

I quite like it to be risky. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. I've arrived at that point in the art world where there really is a chair that you sit in.

If you learn music, you'll learn history. If you learn music, you'll learn mathematics. If you learn music, you'll learn most all there is to learn.

Surround yourself with people strong enough to change your mind.

I'm just really not even that huge of a UFC fan. If you go on my Instagram or Twitter, you will notice ... people that I've actually met and hung out with, you know, I'm not like a huge UFC guy.

To be fulfilled, a prophecy needs lots of flexibility.

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.

Grow jobs. Get this economy growing. Raise wages. Simplify the tax system, so it's easy to comply with.

Having not had a chance to review the tape and obviously not been in the tunnel, I will take the Wenger amendment on this one for now.

Never despair, keep pushing on!