I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.

Money cannot buy happiness.

The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.

I like to think of myself as being fashion-conscious without being a slave to fashion.

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.

I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve.

I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

In 2001, Katie Couric told 'Today Show' audiences that 7 percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened - that it was staged in the Nevada desert.

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.

The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.

Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside.

I have a lot of social engagements, and I like to dress up for them. I try to wear what I feel comfortable in, as self-confidence is so much about how you look. Generally, I love to wear long dresses; they make you feel special.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

The number one priority is going to be make sure that banks lend.

Keynesian economics has always been needed.

Money: power at its most liquid.

I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.

The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control.

On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops.

Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.

You can't be ever embarrassed about hustling.

A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.

I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.

Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.

Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English.

I went to Alaska as a young man just looking for adventure. And like so many of us in the '70s, we found it.