A trumpet sounds pretty much like a trumpet, and that's true of a lot instruments; pianos sound like pianos, but there's something about the guitar - the range of possibilities is much broader.
Children reinvent your world for you.
When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy. '
Every time you enter into a job it's a whole new universe. There's a new language with a new power structure. If you are in an all Black cast its a different dynamic, the same with an all male cast or a crew that is mainly women.
I think it's very hard to be naked in a scene and not be upstaged by your nipples.
Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
I'm obsessed with the mess that's America.
We've had the Iron Age, the Stone Age, this is the pissin' about age.
The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.
I hate how people say I'm growing up fast.