When I go to vote for anything, I always pencil in the proposition to return California and Texas to Mexico. I'm the one person that's voting for that one.

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical.

I'm one of those people that if you're told that if you put your hand in the fire, you'll burn your hand, I won't listen.

And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.

I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.

Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.

Most institutions demand unqualified faith but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.

Our present state of self-confidence and poise is the result of what we have "experienced" rather than what we have learned intellectually.

I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees.

From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl, My heart says follow through.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.

I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds.

I don't know what I was thinking, coming out here. There are no silver bullets in life, there's just the long, messy climb out of the pit you've dug youself.

You can't work on that scale without trust. I learned that from working with Robert Mapplethorpe.

If you love, love totally; if you hate, hate totally. Don't be fragmentary; suffer the consequences. Because of consequences you try to deceive.

Self-discipline is the No. 1 delineating factor between the rich, the middle class and the poor.