Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.

With my music, with what I do, I would like to bring a light into the world.

I know that the creator will go, but his work survives. That is why to escape death, I attempt to bind my soul to my work.

I know a tree feels it when the wind blows through it. It probably goes, 'Chhhhhh, this is wonderful.' And that's how I feel when I'm singing some songs. It's wonderful.

This extravagant dwelling, as domineering as it was distant, brought home to me the intimateconnection between tyranny and abstraction, and put me in mind of John Berger's observation that "abstraction's capacity to ignore what is real is undoubtedly where most evil begins."

You know, don't judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one.

I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.