Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.
Dictatorship is like a giant beech-tree-very magnificent to look at in its prime, but nothing grows underneath it.
I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.
The world was never more unsafe for democracy then it is today.
I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.
There is no country. . . where there are not somewhere lovers of freedom who look to this country to carry the torch and keep it burning bright until such time as they may again be able to light their extinguished torches at our flame. We owe it not only to our own people but to the world to preserve our soul for that.
You just have to love yourself and live and die with the passion of the music. I walk around happy as hell because I create music for a living. I can touch the world with my heart and my passion. Music has dominated life well before I was ever born.
I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.
Attention! Attention! Attention! Thou art aware of the situation!
Before my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I had heard of the disease, but hadn't known anyone who had suffered from it.