When I try to achieve greatness, it spits on me the night before.

Discipline leads us to freedom and freedom leads us to fulfillment.

it {romantic love} really isn't about two people who have fallen madly for each other

At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.

Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority.

Obviously, I want to sell records, but I do it because I find it therapeutic. In music I can be myself.

I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.

The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.

People were laughing at me anyway, so I thought I might as well start charging them.