I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.

The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

I guess because deejaying has become my job, I tend to listen to really horrible stuff on my spare time. If you heard my iPod you'd be like, "what the hell?"