It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.

John Kennedy really did extend the reach of the American people and said, like Lincoln said in a way, that our reach is farther than our grasp - and we should aim high.

Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

I said to my doctor, 'You gotta testme, there's something wrong with me that I would be behaving this way.'