What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Power, that's one thing, but love of family and of siblings is more important, is more powerful than any other power - at least earthly power, at least earthly power.

When people think about Michigan, they usually think about cars.

Women, on average, earn less than men in almost every occupation, including traditional female orientated jobs like nursing and teaching.

Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.

Always be reading something, he said. Even when we're not physically reading. How else will we read the world? Think of it as a constant.

People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.

The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.

Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.

If Todd [Willingham] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and then thought about the children after the fact.

Look, my best friend is Xena, Warrior Princess and she is not going to like this forced wedding thing, if you get my drift.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

I miss being able to wake up when I want and go on stage when I want and pull down my pants when I want.

The studio is not the place to write. You need to be 75% ready when you go into the studio, and then the music can develop to the next stage.

Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?