I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.

I think one of the real issues that we're faced with is how we consume news, how the media is perceived, how fake news is gaining a degree of currency without criticism that is dangerous, in my judgement.

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient.

You can't sit on the sidelines and read your iPhone and be on social media and expect everything to be cool. You have to be part of this.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.