The important thing is, that I guess I don't spend any time thinking about what I am or what we do means. I spend my time doing it.

You can truly grieve for every officer who's been lost in the line of duty in this country, and still be troubled by cases of police overreach.

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it!

We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.

I've always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food.

Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake.

I really like to put my name on everything, so my roommate doesn't steal it. It's really a throwback to that.

I'm too short to host a late-night talk show. It's like the bar at an amusement-park ride. You have to be six foot two or over.

If your regime is not strong enough to handle a joke, then you don't have a regime.

Family does not mean people with the same last name or the same DNA. It means people who care about you, who you trust, who you care about--people you can count on.

A community best serves itself when it truly serves the awakening of the unique story trying to come to life through each person born.

It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.

Craft against craft makes no living.

It's best to know what the enemy are saying.

That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.

John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy.

I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.