Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me.

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

A man who wants time to read and write lets the grass grow long.

I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.

I can't sit in the same place. I gotta keep going.

Now, we're Americans. Technically, who is from this country? Only the Indians, who we graciously let dwell on their native casinos.

I did vote Obama. But I've never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system.

A lot of my work just sort of flows and comes out of me and I don't know why or where.

Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.

Fox succeeds because it's entertaining. It's like a rightwing freak show.

Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever your imagination will take it.