I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something about me.

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

If you just take one foot in front of the other without any protection, you may end up falling off the fence.

You don't want to say somebody did a great job of acting. You want to say, "Where did he find that person? How did he get that factory worker to come out of the factory and be on camera?" You want to believe that person is real.

I don't understand that about Taylor Swift, or about Joan [Mitchell] - how can she not say she's a feminist?! People don't understand what the word means. It simply means equal rights before the law.

Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.