The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.

Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.

I’ve had the kind of bad day no quote can fix.

Do not go gentle into that good night Old age should burn and rave at close of day Rage rage against the dying of the light.

If you're feeling frumpy or grumpy, try to eat Paleo. It's a way of eating that is sometimes referred to as the 'Caveman Diet.'

I always imagined I could be what I wanted to be.

The truth is that everybody has a past and everybody has an ex.

Actually, sometimes in the media, your harshest critics can be your peers.

Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but whenever I've toured, I've always needed a huge performance component.

I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.