What we're focusing on is the images that were in people's minds being replaced by fresh images, to make way for the rebirth of New Orleans. We're showing the other side.

Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you've been wrong before. Don't be wrong anymore.

There's always a price for what you want.

You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengeance.

We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.

Poverty's potential for character building is far overrated.

I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear, 'It needs to be better.'

You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down.

Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

Doesn’t it feel great when someone does something nice for you? Especially when you’re not expecting it? The irony is that they are getting as much joy by giving as you are by receiving.

One of the biggest lies that is currently being told in the USA workplace is on the legally required OSHA poster: All workers have the right to a safe workplace.

What deserves my loyalty, art or prestige?

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

Your life is supposed to feel good to you.

God blesses still the generous thought,And still the fitting word He speeds,And Truth, at His requiring taught,He quickens into deeds.

Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things.

There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that.

I'm much more used to the TV shows, which are demanding to write and perform but very fulfilling.