“I think every person has the ability to affect change…through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people.”

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

If I feel like I’ve done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes.

Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he’s got his heart in the right place.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that

Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now.

Don’t think whether it’s a hit or not and people will get you.

Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have.

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism – because that’s mainly what I’ve been exposed to – was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction.

That’s the strange thing about making a record.

China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces.

The situation with Tibet has to change.

That has to collapse. It’s the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

I want to say a little something that’s long overdue, the disrespect to women has got to be through.

All of it has an effect.

It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face ’cause I love to do it

The sense of frustration, the sense of getting caught, doing something wrong, all those are sort of universal emotions and you just have to make it specific to yourself and you channel this.

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

Case (Keenum) is going to be the quarterback. We’re going to give him a chance to see how he can perform. I think the jury is still out. He’s got a lot of ability. He’s shown some flashes of brilliance and then he’s shown some rookie mistakes.

Do not let the fear of dropping it cause you to hold it too tightly: the chances are, it’s holding you, too.

If you have to remind yourself to concentrate during competition, you’ve got no chance to concentrate.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

It’s usually kids that normally don’t have a chance to get to meet each other because they’re separated by millions of different things.

This is one of the ways in which television can actually be good, and even better than the movies, because it gives you a chance to tell a long story.