Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

Music can give you your dreams. It will teach you hard work, it will break your heart and make you so happy, you can't stand it. . . .I don't think I'd have been president if it hadn't been for music.

When you're president, you have more power to help more people, but you also are the prisoner of circumstances as well, and countervailing political forces more.

The simple fact is that we must not-and we will not-surrender our borders to those who wish to exploit our history of compassion and justice.

I mean, you know, this idea that somebody we disagree with on economic or social policy or something we have to turn into some kind of ogre or demon, I think, is a mistake. I mean, it's like telling the American people or half the American people that don't agree with you they're all fools. That's just not true.

We will lower the tax burden on middle class Americans by asking the very wealthy to pay their fair share. Middle class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate.

I made a big mistake. It is indefensible and I am sorry.