Rock roll is not obscure, it's really easy to understand. So is my painting.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a Way of being.

What would the world be like if men never ruled again?

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

McCain is the most unifying figure in the Senate. Barack Obama is so far left. Turning to her co-host, Joy Behar, an Obama supporter, she said: Do you want some more Barack Obama Kool-Aid, or what?

I will not let you (or me) make me dishonest, insincere, emotionally tied-up or constricted, or artificially nice and social, if I can help it.

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and have a family. Women are nearly always seen as victims.

I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.