TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

I've raised my daughter with no television.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?

I don't think women's prisons are environments for dance routines, and I don't think mass murder is humorous.

We learn and experience ourselves only through suffering

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

Invest in people who will take care of you when you're old.

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

While I can hire out the portrait, I don't, because it's just - that's where I shine. You know, that's my blood sport.

If you would truly bring peace to the world, identify with that place within you where you are Peace.

He, who for Love has undergone The worst that can befall, Is happier thousand-fold than one, Who never loved at all.

That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste.

I'm not really the most confident guy in the world, but I also don't care too much about what people think about me either. I just try to be honest in what I like and see who likes it.