Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

Soho has got to be at its centre. It's got such a history for rock, pop, poetry, jazz, writers, all those things, and I think it should be valued as such, and protected as this centre for bohemia.

People come from all over the world to see this little place they've seen in movies and read about in history books: Soho.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!

I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.

I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well.

My next record I really just want it to be a collection of great songs, classic songs in a way.

We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.

As long as ugly people are not on TV, you should only ever have interesting people on TV.

Whenever you feel insignificant, remember that you can makea significant differencein the lives of others, particularly the less fortunate.

It is a secret in the Oxford sense. You may tell it to only one person at a time.

Ultimately, our relationship with Christ is the one thing we cannot do without.

The beholder's eye, which moves like an animal grazing, follows paths prepared for it in the picture.

Are we going to fire the father to hire the son? We want to create jobs for young people, but not at the expense of others.

Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature.

The important thing is not to be defined by what others think of you.

We are corrupted by good fortune. [Lat., Felicitate corrumpimur.]

It is not enough to want to make the effort... it's in the doing, not just the thinking that we accomplish our goals.

Foreign relations is an open book-- generally a checkbook.