Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.

I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.

I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I�m a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I�m not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn�t exist.

15 concubines ain't nothin' to sneeze at.

You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize.

My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.

George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.

I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.

I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.

I never got the opportunity to be romantic or feel romantic with anyone.

I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.

Being rejected is not the end of your life, it's a means to an end for your life. And that end is your destiny.

You don’t hear what I hear.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

Nature utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.

I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.