I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

I always took quite seriously the things that Chuck D. of Public Enemy had to say. He's always been someone I've learned quite a bit from and someone I pay a great deal of attention to.

More than 30 years ago, in Washington, D.C., I secured a copy of a single by a Los Angeles band called The Bags. The two-song 7-inch, released on Dangerhouse, had a girl on the cover who looked right at you with huge eyes. The songs, 'Survive' and 'Babylonian Gorgon,' were great and made many of my mix tapes.

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.