Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.

People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.

Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

I could never do stand-up because it's that thing of having to get up on stage. And out of every 10 jokes you tell, nine of them have to get a really good response.

My themes are derived from current events, from familiar situations, from daily life, because I never actively intervene against the object, I can feel the magic of its presence.

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

When I was writing this new bunch of songs, I was singing a lot lower, because they were more intimate in a way. I had to come up with a way to frame the music that was intimate.

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

I'm suggesting that principles meant to deal with uncertainty that occurs naturally can be useful to manage the uncertainty that characterizes any new idea.

The man is placed where the Earth ends, the woman, where the heaven starts.