You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played.

I let her alone and when she got that finished she left me alone. We trusted each other.

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.

I don't have to worry No matter what they do to it, it works.

I look at you and I write down what I hear.

I don't go around regretting things that don't happen.

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.

Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is what you are doing.

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Musicians own music because music owns them.

You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.

Every composers music reflects in its subject matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the music.

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Music itself is not going to let you down.

When I started to write 'Hannah's Child,' I realized that this had to be a book of passion, to have a certain kind of vulnerability. I think that people respond to that.

When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.

There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.

Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector.

Get mad, then get over it.

The matter of international relations is very subtle and exquisite.

Dad was a very gentle, sweet man. Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family. She ran the roost with a steel fist, but at the same time there was respect and love for her.

Selfies became too big. The selfie photos are not good. Fans ask me for a selfie, and I say, 'Let's just do a photo.' I'm not anti-selfie, but I like a classic photograph.

The medium is not the message - the message is the message.

Creatively, I'd like to achieve not only being an artist, but being a businessman and having my own music home.

Prejudices and preferences exist and will continue to. When you learn how to market yourself, you become less of a victim.

Be the mirror in which people admire their true potential.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

I didn't sign any contracts, and I didn't see any oil.

I wish I could help everyone to understand this one simple fact: we believe in God because of things we know with our heart and mind, not because of things we do not know. Our spiritual experiences are sometimes too sacred to explain in worldly terms, but that doesn't mean they are not real.

Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you. And you get to work with a group of people over time as well, which can be very satisfying with the right group.

Coaching wouldn't be for me. No, certainly not.

There is so much wretchedness in the world that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance and even should we be deceived still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.

My college senior thesis was going to be on the American private investigator.

I think Tokyo is going to sink under water soon. All those stupid high-rise buildings will sink and maybe all the traffic will be gone. And everything will be peaceful and quiet.

Life is just a bowl of cherries

An egg is always an adventure the next one may be different.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.