I do not believe Tony Blair was a fundamentally good man who went bad. I believe he was evil in the first place.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

Sympathetic characters usually have a voice. They usually don't have any trouble being heard.

You can go out and find ways to make your own record and get it out there now. If you really want to, you can be heard. Keep things simple. Learn to go out and play solo. That's a really really good thing to learn, if you're a singer-songwriter. Don't be dependent on a band because you may not always be able to afford one.

I'm from Texas. I hitchhiked to Tennessee when I was 19 years old, and it is really beautiful in Tennessee.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.

Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some point.