Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.

I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested.

Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.

Anyone who's 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.