You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard

I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.

I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.

A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.

The colored hobo and now Junior Rabbit had told us, ‘Be ready to compete but be ready to fight too or you may not get a chance to compete’.

Don't be ridiculous. Brussels sprouts are awful. Jail is just jail.

There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade, ' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.

Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him.

It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely.

Designers from start to finish now in digital media have to think in a much more sort of thoughtful serious and humble way about how design audiences will receive their products.

The problems facing humanity today are spiritual problems, and they can only be solved by taking a long, hard look at what it is we all believe.

My films are often characterized by the lack of women present in them, except for this last one [Once Upon a Time in America].

If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results.