That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'

Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people.

I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four years and survived. We brought it back to the streets again.

Everybody would grab a guitar and listen to somebody else and call themselves a folk singer. When they didn't know no more songs, they'd run out of them.

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.

I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.

Anywhere I'm wanted, I'll go. I've got to be wanted, though.

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.

That's what I liked about hitch-hiking. If a crowd wasn't big enough, I kept walkin.'

I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my past and I've got enough behind me that I can write forever.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.

I only write about what I do, what happens to me.

Long made it possible for me to get on records, so what little money he did take from me, if any at all, he was entitled to it. He didn't take something from me.

From then on in, me and Sonny started makin' records. My first records, Sonny was backin' me up. Sonny wasn't singin' natural at the time; he was singin' falsetto.

When somebody blazes a path to a highway that never end, you should appreciate 'em some.

When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in.

My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.

I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me happy, you're not doing this, you're not doing that.'

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan - spoiled.

I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

I spent my childhood in an imaginary world - probably because I needed an escape. I think that's one of the reasons people have imaginations - because they can't maintain existence here.

Society has seldom considered the vicarious effects of domestic violence between partners on the lives of children.

Monotony reveals our limitations.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

Without being in constant exchange with the rest of the cosmos you cannot exist. The idea of individuality is an illusion.

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church.

I'm in Delta Delta Delta, otherwise known as Tri-Delta. I've developed some great friendships, and it's enabled me to have a little bit more of a normal college experience.

Pascal Lee is a true pioneer of Mars exploration.

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

'Life of Pi' was actually a very simple novel to write.

I knew style and content went hand in hand.

I think people recognize me if I am going out to dinner or if I am staying in a hotel. They are not quite sure at first because I have grown up a lot.

My dad was Chinese-American and very conservative when it came to his family's futures. He said if I wanted to have a secure job, I should go into science. So I did what Dad said and went to medical school, but the writing bug never left me.

One who picks on you because he’s bigger than you is like most big bullies: if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he’ll get frustrated. Once you strip away that feeling of invincibility, he can be had.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.