As long as I have people's attention, I can't stop. You can't put the public on hold, because they might not be there when you get back. I have a pathological fear of stopping.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.

On the third day in India, I realized people were not suffering as much as I thought.

I've never bothered about my color.

I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life