One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

I am not afraid... I was born to do this.

I am not afraid I was born to do this.

The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.

The eighties were my teen years, so the GoGos are sort of a touchstone.

I searched so hard for a part that was so complex

I don't have to be nice to people who are causing great damage to the nation.

Where the U.N. is concerned, accountability is very thin on the ground in general.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

My musical style has changed dramatically from my first album until now. That's the real developmental shift. But my clothing has pretty much stayed the same. The important thing is to be real.

Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here, or if not here, hereafter.

Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.