There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

If you went crazy, would you know it?

If you will, then you will, for nothing can withstand your will. As your faith is, so you are, where your mind is there you are.

The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist.

Everyone has been a witness sometime - It doesn't change it if you don't believe.

I've always said, rather glibly, that the message of my career has been about individualism, about getting to know yourself and taking responsibility, not just for what you do, but what you think.