Anyone whose mission is keeping people apart is swimming against a very strong tide.

I don't like to say, Oh, this is my favorite record because there was a moment that that record made me feel a certain way. The one on the radio at the present moment could be the one that's most inspiring, because it's at that second that you're aware of "the infinite everything."

If you don't break a hole through the brick wall, don't just start digging a new hole. Keep going until you break through that wall.

Art allows people a way to dream their way out of their struggle.

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy knows best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.

I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.