One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.

My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of thinking about people and the world that are different from my own, sometimes radically different.

An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.

It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

My function is not to reassure people. I want to make them uncomfortable. To send them out of the place arguing and talking.

The labels are in a jam. For a company to do well in music now, it's got to be in all aspects of the business. And Live Nation is the risk-taker. It's leading the charge.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

We're all idealistic when young.

My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.