The only enemy is ignorance. Peace, people. Let's get rid of all this nuclear testing.

I went to a radio station on Long Island in 1982, and thank goodness for me, it was so new that there was no receptionist. So the DJ opened up his booth, and took my tape and listened to it and thought it was a hit song.

The internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror.

My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.

I'm not a big disco guy. Some of that English techno-poppy stuff wouldn't get me in the mood either.