“It was all about – very selfish in a lot of ways.”

They have to be desirable, well-designed and work well.

They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

As a society, we are so wrapped up in our own artificial creations that we have become disconnected from one another and the wonder of our natural world.

I think it can be a lot more collaborative.

In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general.

We’re all part of the story; we can all contribute and participate.

Everything I do, it’s all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment.

I think in the old music, everything was so competitive.

I’m passionate about it because I think it’s the most direct way to connect to the things that are ineffable.

We have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part.

I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

I think winter wear is communal.

I’m a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument.

You can’t expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!.

We can not be naive and think we can go it alone.

And all these people really wanted to reinvigorate the animated musical, so they came to Howard Ashman and me. That was my entry into Disney.

There are a lot of people who don’t know me and what I am all about.

I’m focusing on me. I’m focusing on my family’s security, my family’s financial security, so that’s all I can do.

Everything will be all right – you know when? When people, just people, stop thinking of the United Nations as a weird Picasso abstraction and see it as a drawing they made themselves.

More financial instability will introduce more uncertainty all down the line.

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy!

I’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.